University of Maryland, Baltimore New School of Social Work Building portfolio submission 20-399 AE-CB-ML 23 June 2022
University of Michigan Edward Henry Kraus Building Renovation
We are delighted to provide our Phase 1, Portfolio Submission for the New School of Social Work Building at the University of Maryland, Baltimore.
Dear Mr. Lacey, Ms. Blair and issuing office reviewers, In response to your invitation we have organized this submission to include a portfolio of design work by our Lead Design Architect, Stephen Bartlett, AIA, which features work for premier university clients, including the projects for the University System of Maryland. Stephen’s career has been focused on designing academic buildings that seamlessly integrate innovations in planning, architecture and building systems to deliver award-winning, functionally intuitive, transformational buildings. We are exicted to have him lead the design of this very important project. In addition, we’ve highlighted Ballinger’s relevant projects and collaborative culture as a 140-year-old integrated architectural and engineering practice. Our firm has a broad and diverse array of noteworthy work with a particular focus working for aspirational clients like the University of Maryland, Baltimore. We seek the best quality within campus contexts, complex programs and demanding technical performance criteria. We are proven innovators in designing low-energy-use building systems and have a passionate commitment to sustainability,
equity and resilience. Our design awards and national recognition reflect a deep commitment to our craft. We are excited by the promise of this transformative project for the University, the Baltimore community, and most importantly, the next generation of students, practitioners, leaders, and scholars who will carry forth the mission of the School of Social Work: to advance the well-being of populations and communities and to promote social justice. We look forward to the opportunity to demonstrate our capabilities in person with your committee. Sincerely,
Rob W. Voss, AIA Principal-in-Charge rvoss@ballinger.com 215.446.0369
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Stephen Bartlett is a Principal with extensive experience developing creative, functional and durable project designs for academic institutions. He is committed to responsible stewardship of his client’s resources and strives to create memorable places that foster interaction and community. Steve is passionate about designing buildings that bring together expressive architecture with high-performance engineering in the service of sustainability. He sees the design process as one that creates delight while cognizant of the impact of buildings on communities and ecosystems at local, regional and global scales.
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Harvard Graduate School of Design, Master of Architecture
Tradeline Research Facilities Conference
University of Maryland, Bachelor of Architecture
R&D Maker Space Reinvented: What Types of Space Move the Dial on Innovation and Creativity?
American University Hall of Science Washington, DC
registrations Maryland, LEED Accredited Professional
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Tradeline College and University Science Facilities Conference 2014
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New Presentation Models for Interdisciplinary Program+Private Sector Collaboration
Society of College and University Planners (SCUP)
Tradeline College and University Science Facilities Conference
Boeing H-47 Focused Factory + Office Transformation Project Ridley Park, PA Janssen Pharmaceuticals Campus Master Plan Titusville, NJ Jersey City Medical Center Wilzig Hospital Jersey City, NJ
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references David Dower Director, Capital Project Management, University of Maryland 410.455.3041 ddower@umaryland.edu Martin S. Kajic Director of Facilities Management, Johns Hopkins University 443.624.2400 mkajic@jhu.edu Patricia Kroboth, PhD Dean, School of Pharmacy University of Pittsburgh 412.624.2400 pkroboth@pitt.edu
Renewal of Existing Research Buildings: Spaces, Systems and Strategies Tradeline Research Facilities Conference 2009
No More Cookie-Cutter Lab Solutions, and That Changes the Space Utilization Equation Tradeline Research Facilities Conference 2008
How Low Can We Go? The Next Generation of Low Energy Use Research Facilities Labs21 International Institute for Sustainable Laboratories
Johns Hopkins University Undergraduate Teaching Laboratories Chemistry Research Building Bloomberg School of Public Health Master Plan School of Medicine, Institute for Basic Biomedical Sciences Baltimore, MD
University of Maryland, Baltimore County Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Building Baltimore, MD University of Pennsylvania Pennovation Main Lab Philadelphia, PA University of Pittsburgh Salk Hall Salk Hall Research Pavillion Pittsburgh, PA Virginia Commonwealth University STEM Education Building Molecular Medicine Research Building Richmond, VA
Vistakon R+D Building Lynchburg College Hobbs Sigler Renovation and Addition Jacksonville, FL Lynchburg, VA University of WisconsinMilwaukee Muhlenberg College STEM Quad Master Plan Seegers Union + Science Facility Milwaukee, WI Allentown, PA Old Dominion University Biology Building Norfolk, VA
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Designing for Flexibility: Sustainable Systems Strategies
University of Maryland Bioscience Research Building A. James Clark Hall College Park, MD
Patrinely Group Princeton Forrestal Center Princeton, NJ
The Wistar Institute Robert + Penny Fox Tower Facility Master Plan Philadelphia, PA
University of Maryland A. James Clark Hall
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successful design processes fully engage the broadest range of stakeholders Johns Hopkins University Undergraduate Teaching Laboratories key information
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Location Baltimore, MD Size 105,000 SF
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Client Reference Martin S. Kajic Director of Facilities Management, Johns Hopkins University 443.624.2400 mkajic@jhu.edu
AIA Maryland, Honor Award AIA Pennsylvania, Honor Award AIA Philadelphia, Honor Award ASHRAE, Technology Award, First Place I2SL, Go Beyond Award SCUP/AIA CAE, Excellence in Architecture, Honor Award • USGBC Maryland, Wintergreen Award • LEED Platinum
Higher education campus location Program includes classrooms and offices Flexible modular layouts Welcoming design that fosters interaction Net Zero ready CM at Risk delivery method Located in Baltimore
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1 The Instructional Laboratories form a living billboard for the sciences at night.
2 Workstations overlooking the wooded knoll and sculpture garden north of the building.
Approach to the Design Process Our design approach balances compelling design, precise program requirements and efficient systems. We embraced the university’s goal of balancing teaching science to students with creating the conditions for students to explore being scientists themselves. This mission led to the design of teaching laboratories that are a hybrid of research labs and maker spaces. Students are provided with the tools and a structure to pursue a hands-on science education. The form and organization of the building are deliberately simple and direct, with the gentle curve embracing the hillside
3 The natural sciences student commons, built above an existing 300-seat lecture hall.
and giving personality to an efficient double-loaded corridor. Floor-to-ceiling windows enable daylighting and provide calming views onto the wooded hillside. The building is a robust concrete loft with structure and systems left exposed, integrating architecture and engineering to engage the site and built context. Design Issues and Responses • Part of an existing complex, the building commons occupies a former roof terrace. The siting leveraged the existing structure, reducing both the construction cost and carbon footprint of the new project. 11
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• Aligning with connected buildings required low floor-to-floor heights. This meant a smaller column bay spacing and thinner floor slab, and led to the open ceiling loft concept to maximize perceptible volume within the labs while conserving plenum height for MEP systems. • The site presented a north facing main façade which inspired the development of an all glass curtainwall. This provides views for the occupants and creates a “billboard for the sciences.” • The area outside the building serves as a large raingarden that captures roof and site stormwater. This also creates an attractive landscape ‘moat’ that allows full transparency, while separating occupants from passersby. Role of the Lead Design Architect • Led the project from the formation phase through delivery • Participated in program development to understand its influence on the building design • Led exploration of diverse design solutions and systems integration • Ensured the project vision reflected the client’s values and stewardship of their resources
working with the CM to keep the project on budget and on schedule, this project required good listening skills and an intensive engagement with a broad range of stakeholders. This has led to long term relationships with clients, faculty and colleagues, and has been enriching both personally and professionally. As lead designer, one of my primary roles is “Keeper of the Project Vision” on behalf of the client leadership. This requires both ensuring that the vision is clear and understood to the full team and also evaluating and responding when proposed changes impact the project budget and quality objectives. Unique and Notable Aspects of the Project • Combination of expressive architecture with high performance building systems • LEED Platinum design that uses 50% less energy than similar lab buildings, by employing decoupled neutral air systems, chilled beams, occupancy sensors, and dual energy wheels that recover heat and moisture from exhaust air • Easily-accessible venture valve galleries at each floor level, rather than in ceiling plenums, for quiet and ease of access for maintenance
about the images 1 A raingarden capturing site and roof stormwater lines the north façade of the building. 2 The Natural Science Student Commons connects back to an existing building at the center of campus.
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each successive project must improve the campus and further enhance its quality of place American University Hall of Science key information
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Washington, DC Area 123,000 GSF
• International Interior Design Association (IIDA) PA/NJ/DE Chapter, Best of Education/Institution over 30,000 SF • LEED Gold
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Client Reference David Dower Director, Capital Project Management, University of Maryland 410.455.3041 ddower@umaryland.edu
Higher education campus location Program includes classrooms and offices Flexible modular layouts Net Zero ready
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Approach to the Design Process Our design philosophy centered on creating a common home for students and faculty spread across multiple campus buildings. This led Ballinger to incorporate a shared amenity rich design including study and social spaces, computer labs, and core labs for advanced equipment located throughout the building. The building is woven into the campus landscape with campus walkways leading into the building to become the linear commons that is the central organizing feature of the plan. Built into a hillside, it features large glass windows that overlook green common spaces and direct level entries at multiple floors. The heart of the building is the linear commons that
flows through the building and joins program spaces with a shared interaction space. This day-lit space with ample views onto the landscape gardens creates a natural encounter point for the faculty, staff and students. Design Issues and Responses • The new building creates more clearlydefined campus spaces and eliminates surface parking at the center of campus, reducing traffic and improving the landscape. • Visible and naturally-lit research laboratories were a priority. We fully glazed the East and South façades and installed integral sunshades within the curtainwall to minimize
about the images 1 Glazing puts learning and discovery on display to the campus. 2 The covered bench at the main entrance became a new meetup spot on campus. 3 Interior glazing offers borrowed light and views out to the garden from the building’s interior. 4 The 100-seat Abramson Discovery Hall offers lateral views to a garden bioswale that collects side and roof stormwater.
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glare. The sunshades act as “light shelves,” resulting in a high quality of light throughout the laboratories.
• Led project through concept study, design, and construction phases.
centered the interests of these stakeholders to further the university’s vision for the project. The project design has a strong and memorable personality, but respects and blends with the campus to create a unique place that is also a good neighbor to the campus and beyond.
• Participated closely in building programming discussions.
Unique and Notable Aspects of the Project
• Maintained a thorough understanding of user detail requirements.
• LEED Gold design that uses 36% less water than similar facilities through use of low-flow fixtures, strategic runoff capture points, and native landscape plants that eliminate the need for irrigation.
Role of the Lead Design Architect
• Ensured that design optimized users’ needs and experiences. • Participated closely in Contract Administration phase work. • Stepped up as Project Manager and Principal in Charge when circumstances required flexibility due to Covid-19. Meeting the Client’s Objectives The success of the project was achieved through open, fair, and honest engagement across a diverse group of stakeholders. In the role of the lead designer, I consistently
• In-person quality controls successfully adapted to meet Covid-19 protocols; client site visits performed on a weekly basis. • The project adhered to quality, budget and schedule objectives in spite of overheated regional marketplace conditions and the pandemic.
about the images 1 The linear commons flows through the building, connecting program spaces and offering nodes for collaborative work and exchange. 2 A bright-yellow glass markerboard lines the East façade, facing “The Beach” and illuminating shared ideas within the research laboratories. 3 Lush plantings and recreational open space characterize “The Beach,” with the Hall of Science in the background. 4 The Garden includes a bioswale for site and roof stormwater runoff. It is planted with bald cypress trees and visible from the Abramson Discovery Hall at the lower level.
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good design reflects an institution’s mission and values UMBC Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Building key information Baltimore, MD Building Area 131,000 SF
Client Reference Terry Cook, Senior Associate Vice President of Administrative Services, UMBC 410.455.2939 tcook@umbc.edu
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AIA Maryland, Jury Citation, Institutional Architecture AIA Philadelphia, Merit Award ASHRAE Mid-Atlantic, Technology Award, First Place ASHRAE Philadelphia,Technology Award, First Place ASHRAE Technology Award, Second Place Construction Owners Association of America (COAA), Project Leadership Award • International Interior Design Association, PA/NJ/DE Chapter, Best of Education/Institution over 30,000 SF • LEED Gold
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University of Maryland System project Higher education campus location Program includes classrooms and offices Flexible modular layouts Welcoming design that fosters interaction Net Zero ready CM at Risk delivery method
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about the images 1 The glazed north façade creates a visibly active building that encourages collaboration and engagement. 2 The student commons features a public art installation, “In Flight,” to fuse art with science. 3 The elevator lobbies open onto the quad, with an elevated seating terrace at the west building entrance.
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Approach to the Design Process This project creates a campus resource for teaching and research to advance UMBC’s mission of social equity and academic excellence. The program and design grew from UMBC’s documented success of improving outcomes among historically disadvantaged student groups through engaged group learning and undergraduate participation in STEM research. Lower floors include 90- and 45-seat active learning classrooms, while upper floors include research space open to all faculty across the university system.
The building weaves itself into the campus fabric through a flowing landscape of walkways around bioswales, transforming a former vehicular drop-off plaza into a memorable campus outdoor space and a new standard for landscape renewal. A major public art installation provides an anchor for the student commons and declares the deliberate fusion of art, science, and nature. The resultant building and its complementary components hold a symbolic presence on campus and are a magnet for researchers and students.
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Meeting the Client’s Objectives
• In support of UMBC’s mission to engage historically disadvantaged students, the project features glass partitions to demystify science practices and make them accessible to the student body.
UMBC created a very clear organization for the design team to interface with. Technical input was offered by empowered user groups endorsed by university leadership, and I carefully considered and incorporated their valuable feedback in forming the project. While I was the primary guiding hand in developing the design of the project, it was also the result of input from this broad range of stakeholders and my responsibility was to understand their needs and contributions in forming and refining the design. The result is an award winning project that captures UMBC’s aspiration while respecting their campus context, budget and schedule.
• The floor of the commons features a design that maps celestial movement, provoking curiosity in students visiting the space and evoking the broader context of scientific exploration. • Monumental tryptic panels in the student commons form a public art installation fusing the arts and sciences. The selected artist creates works using digital design tools taught in the engineering curriculum, creating both beauty and relevance for the campus community. Role of the Lead Design Architect • Led the design team to create a project vision that unified the desires of the project stakeholders and UMBC’s culture and values. • Worked closely with the University Architect to balance the image of the building as an icon for the sciences at UMBC that also supported and blended with the campus context.
Unique and Notable Aspects of the Project • Design echoed the form and materiality of legacy buildings across the quad through use of glass volumes grafted to a brick mass. • LEED Gold design with over 40% energy savings compared to similar buildings and a total energy cost savings of nearly $300,000 per year. • Recognized with a COAA Project Leadership Award for demonstrating the quality of cooperation throughout project delivery.
more to explore https://vimeo.com/627341700
about the images 1 The frit glass on the façade overlooking the Quad becomes a glowing lantern in the evening. 2 The small piece of red glass visible in this skylight casts a red spot that moves along the curved lines of the terrazzo floor during the day, marking the passage of time.
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“I strive to make spaces that sing—places that are memorable, functional, and facilitate interaction and the development of community.” - Stephen Bartlett, AIA, LEED AP
Our Firm
School of Social Work Building
As an integrated design firm, Ballinger creates buildings that respect the greater campus, the precincts in which they reside and the programs for which they were created. Designing buildings that are indispensable contributors to the “community of buildings” that form the greater whole of the campus experience has been a central tenet of our practice in academia. The different design responses in our portfolio honor each project’s unique campus setting, program and overall project goals.
The new School of Social Work building’s three primary design goals of functional flexibility, warm and welcoming aesthetics, and environmentally sensitive sustainable design will be the cornerstones of the design process and a measure of this project’s success.
We will approach the design of the School of Social Work Building and site with a collaborative process to seek the appropriate design response for this building’s unique campus and programmatic criteria.
Working with the program and site, we will seek innovative strategies to address these goals and organize the large quantity of offices into welcoming neighborhoods for faculty and staff that will inspire excellence in research and teaching. We believe functional and flexible spaces for research and contemplation can only be successful when paired with spaces that support inclusion, socialization and collaboration.
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Functional Flexibility, Hub Spaces & Active Learning The ground floor program for the School of Social Work suggests a large assembly space that will be highly flexible to accommodate a wide variety of uses and events. We have extensive experience designing multifunctional spaces, such as the assembly space described in the School of Social Work Part II Program. These flexible, showcase spaces require rigorous study and technical expertise to ensure acoustical performance and ease of use for configurational changes and technical systems that support multiple set ups. Our recent experience designing highly flexible assembly spaces with flat floor solutions are represented in the accompanying imagery.
about the images 1 The circular H.F. DeLuca forum at the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery is a highly flexible space for hosting symposia, lectures, and performances. Vertically retractable walls create a welcoming and inclusive environment. 2 The forum at the University of Maryland,College Park Clark Hall hosts regular classes and serves as a campus-wide events venue. Operable walls enable use of the forum in combination with the adjacent maker space.
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Warm & Welcoming Aesthetics The program developed for the School of Social Work is a neighborhood-based strategy that anticipates shared common space as collaborative hubs at each level. We find these spaces are essential social magnets and advocate for vertical connections that support collaboration between floors. Relevant examples are shown in the adjacent images.
about the images Abundant transparency, green walls, multi-floor atria, and natural light contribute to welcoming environments
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LOW ENERGY LIGHTING LED lighting and daylight harvesting throughout
DEDICATED OUTDOOR AIR SYSTEM VENTILATION Includes total energy recovery and chilled beam cooling
INTEGRAL SHADING Curtain wall designed to provide solar shading and reduce glare.
SITE REDEVELOPMENT Transforming former surface parking lot into building and surrounding open space to reduce heat island effect and increase natural habitat
HIGH PERFORMANCE GLAZING Allows visible light transmittance with reduced infrared heat gain enabling views onto nature from research labs.
DAYLIGHT AND VIEWS Thin floorplate allows balanced daylight penetration and ubiquitous views to the exterior
BIOSWALE Landscape and roof stormwater captured on site. Native planting landscape eliminated need for irrigation.
ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATION Encourage clean transportation
OUTDOOR GATHERING SPACE Design creates microclimate for comfortable outdoor social spaces
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Environmentally Sensitive Sustainable Design with a focus on Net Zero We are energized by the University desire to incorporate highperformance design strategies and Net Zero energy goals into the design of this new building. As a foundational tenet of our process, we take pride in designing and delivering enduring buildings that embrace environmental stewardship and Net Zero strategies. Our process considers energy, carbon, design for change, and other factors that impact operating costs and permanence.
about the images 1 Our integrated design teams explore active and passive sustainable design strategies 2 We are currently guiding Yale University toward a Net Zero research complex. 3 A high performance building envelope can reduce energy costs.
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Mid Atlantic Experience In addition to the following three featured projects, we have deep and varied experience, highly relevant to the School of Social Work Building program.
University of Maryland, A. James Clark Hall College Park, MD
University of Pennsylvania, Annenberg Public Policy Center Philadelphia, PA
Virginia Commonwealth University, STEM Building Richmond, VA
Old Dominion University, Biology Building Norfolk, VA
Rutgers University, New Jersey Institute for Food, Nutrition & Health New Brunswick, NJ
Virginia Commonwealth University, Molecular Medicine Resarch Building Richmond, VA
Johns Hopkins University, Armstrong Medical Education Building Baltimore, MD
University of Maryland Medical Center, Shock Trauma Critical Care Tower Baltimore, MD
Johns Hopkins University, Chemistry Building Baltimore, MD
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from silos to convergence, a university takes a giant step forward in academic collaboration George Washington University Science + Engineering Hall key information Washington, DC Building Area 750,000 SF
Client Reference Dr. Can Korman Associate Dean of Research and Graduate Studies, George Washington University korman@gwu.edu 202.994.6080
awards & recognition • AIA Philadelphia, Merit Award • AIA Pennsylvania, Merit Award • International Interior Design Association (IIDA), PA/NJ/DE Chapter, Best of Year Award • Interior Design Magazine, Best of Year Honoree • ENR Mid Atlantic, Award of Merit • Society for College and University Planning (SCUP) / AIA Committee on Architecture for Education, Excellence in Architecture, Honor Award
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significance • Urban context • Materials consistent with adjacent historic buildings • Unifies schools and people from various buildings • Outreach mission to broader community at the ground floor and lower level forum • Cogeneration facility that serves campus district • Collaboratoriums with vibrant garden atria
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1 The 750,000 GSF Science and Engineering Hall is skillfully scaled to both its urban environment and its occupants. Inside, it gives occupants a sense of community while outside it lends a sense of gravitas to their academic pursuits.
2 Transparency is a clear statement about the sense of community and creativity that comes when academic disciplines are encouraged to converge.
3 The building’s interior is organized into research and teaching “neighborhoods,” while labs and offices are grouped around common spaces called “collaboratoriums” integrated throughout the ten-story building.
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In its early days, the university campus was a strictly structured space, with a building for each discipline. Over time, that compartmentalization evolved into co-location, with related departments housed adjacent to one other. However, when George Washington University (GW) needed to co-locate its science and engineering units into a single new building, Ballinger seized the scale of the undertaking as an opportunity for an evolutionary jump in campus culture.
The scale of GW’s first major new laboratory building in 50 years was, at first glance, daunting on two levels: the size of the building—at 500,000 GSF program space it would span a city block — and the number of academic units it would house—nine in all. The challenges were daunting, too. The big building needed to feel small to its occupants, give them a sense of community, and give their disciplines a higher profile, on and off campus. The building had to put GW’s science and engineering on the map. 35
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Ballinger found the design solution within the challenges of the project. The team saw that the magnitude of the project could create a gravitas, signaling that this was a place for serious innovation. Encompassing many disciplines under one enveloping roof could lead to creative collisions and spontaneous collaborations, under the right working conditions.
Ballinger responded to the building’s wide floorplate with intentional transparency that, making the interior space as “see-through” as possible. Light floods the interior through exterior glass façade and travels further into the building through glass fronted offices and labs, giving occupants abundant access to natural light and creating an environment that is legible, navigable, and vibrant. In GW’s new hall, transparency is a clear statement about the sense of community and creativity that comes when academic disciplines are encouraged to converge.
Ballinger provided those conditions by organizing the interior into research/teaching “neighborhoods.” A ground-floor, publiclyaccessible commons features teaching labs and open work zones for capstone projects, signaling the dovetailing of disciplines as well as the integration of teaching and research. That strategy continues into the 8-story tower, where different disciplines are integrated by clustering their labs and offices around common spaces called “collaboratoriums.” These unique spaces are visible to passersby outside and invigorating to those inside, providing tangible cohorts for people to feel part of.
Key Feature The sheer scale of the project and amount of program required the team to develop and envision a design that intentionally creates varying scales of community. Neighborhoods included research, teaching, offices, workstations, internal garden atria, and social interaction spaces to create local communities. These local communities, organized around a central element, provided a familiar scale of space and program for the occupants that contributes to the larger community of the project.
about the images 1 The open atrium incorporates biophilic design strategies to encourage respite, wellbeing, and comfortable conversation. 2 Four distinct entrances respond to the varying street frontages and uniquely reference the program within to create a porous ground floor and a civic passageway for the campus. Transparency is both a design strategy and mission statement. 3 At human scale, the building is raised up to create visual interest and allow permeable views. It responds to the urban context by encouraging a sense of lightness and elevation that contrasts with the building’s mass. 4 A flexible lecture space allows interdisciplinary use, smoothly transforming to fit the evolving needs of resident researchers.
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research that elevates the community University of Wisconsin-Madison Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery key information Madison, WI Area 300,000 SF
Client Reference George Austin President, AVA Civic Enterprises 608.692.6398 gaustin@warf.org
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R&D Magazine, Lab of the Year AIA Wisconsin, Merit Award ASHRAE, Madison, First Place Technology Award Construction Owners Association of America (COAA), Project Leadership Award • Madison Trust for Historic Preservation, Future Landmark Award • U.S. Green Building Council, Innovation in Green Building Award
significance • Urban context • Materials consistent with the campus district • Unifies campus into coherent whole, bringing together people from various buildings • Civic and outreach mission to broader community at the ground floor Town Center • Geothermal wells • Interior gardens that thrive from access to natural light
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2 The Town Center encourages the public to engage with WID through approachable amenities such as coffee shops, a restaurant, and the wintergarden.
Description The goal of the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery (WID), located on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, is to inspire world-class convergent research across a wide array of engineering and science disciplines in a distinctive, collaborative setting. The 300,000 SF building is designed to attract researchers and spark discoveries toward solving society’s most complex biomedical challenges. Design Objectives The building houses the private Morgridge Institute for
3 The Forum acts as a space for formal and informal collaboration. Central to the Town Center idea, it was designed to be flexible and welcoming, with recessed lighting and warm tones.
4 Floors are inter-connected with multiple stairs and are visually connected with the ground floor town center through two fully-glazed atriums that extend the collaborative continuum.
Research, the public Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, and the Town Center, a welcoming community space. The architectural challenge was to imagine a new research environment to promote the highest levels of collaborative interdisciplinary research. The building’s site situates WID among Madison’s major civic and cultural venues, and its design positions WID as an international research hub. Approach Surrounded by heavily traveled streets, the design concept takes a conventional building with an internalized atrium concept and inverts it—essentially placing the building inside a 39
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wintergarden, creating a true community town center that attracts people from the broader campus community. Key Features Unlike typical research environments, WID’s research floors are designed as neighborhoods and without corridors, producing an open environment that continuously reinforces the collaborative paradigm. Floors are inter-connected with multiple stairs and are visually connected with the ground floor town center through two fully-glazed atriums that extend the collaborative continuum
Results WID sets a new standard in sustainability for university research environments by utilizing 50% less energy and water than the most recent research facility constructed on the campus. In addition to the high performance thermal envelope and the terra cotta rain screen, green features of the building include: • Automatic shades to adjust to natural light • A geothermal borefield of 75 wells 300 ft. deep around the perimeter of the building • Heat recovery wheels recover heat from lab air discharge •
Ground water is captured in cisterns below the building and used for irrigation
about the images 1 To establish research neighborhoods, pantry, copy and informal meeting areas are co-located between research pods. These common elements are grouped and designated as “draws” that naturally provide opportunities for chance interactions. 2 Computational research spaces include walls and glass designed for interaction and iteration. 3 The Town Center hosts a wide variety of community programs and discovery opportunities. Its mission is to welcome all to explore, engage and discover.
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a new identity for the nation’s first independent biomedical research institute The Wistar Institute Robert and Penny Fox Tower key information Location Philadelphia, PA Building Area 136,770 GSF
Client Reference James Zaleski The Wistar Institute Director of Facilities (retired) 610.405.3737
awards & recognition • Delaware Valley Association of Structural Engineers, Outstanding Project Award
significance • Urban context • Net zero ready, with low energy-use passive flow strategies • Architectural and programmatic campus unifier • Civic and outreach mission to broader community • New infrastructure backbone serving multiple buildings
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1 Glass cladding promotes transparency and reinforces the open civic relationship between the Institute and its surroundings.
2 The Forum, a sky-lit atrium, is the hub for scientific exchange, promoting the entrepreneurial culture of innovation that characterizes a successful independent research institute.
3 Early visualization of the entry and arrival sequence from Spruce Street.
Description This project was designed to renew and unify the Wistar campus and unify the Wistar campus: a mix of adjacent a mix of adjacent but poorly-connected buildings. The new project infilled the center of the site with a three-story atrium and central hub for the campus with a three-story atrium, creating a central hub. Conference facilities, open research labs, a new entrance, materials management spaces, and campus infrastructure are built over nine levels that include the basement and penthouse.
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Design Objectives • Reinforce an independent identity for the Institute by creating a new entry that was distinct from the surrounding university campus walkways. • Build a new MEP systems infrastructure to backfeed the campus with modern, reliable utilities. • Create large open-plan spaces for group science, in contrast with the Institute’s traditional closed individual laboratories. Approach Our design approach grew out of a facility assessment and master plan process that identified the deficiencies and opportunities of the existing site. This evaluation guided the project’s development, with the creation of a new street entrance emerging as one of the primary drivers of the design. Results Scaled to integrate seamlessly with existing structures, the new building satisfies
the Institute’s need for state-of-the-art interdisciplinary research space and a stronger, more unified visual identity. The project led to a thriving institute that continues to expand, and the conference center has enabled a renewed civic presence through its lecture series and gallery exhibitions. Key Features In contrast to the urban brick-and-block structures, the Wistar building uses sweeping glass expanses to signify renewed openness and dialogue with the surrounding community. A circulation corridor immediately behind the glass façade creates an occupiable buffer where wider temperature ranges reduce energy use. The conference center consists of an atrium with surrounding meeting rooms and a 200-seat lecture hall. This is a dynamic nexus of scientific exchange within the West Philadelphia life science community.
more to explore https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=QwwEnqZ5szE
about the images 1 The new entrance passes through a glass vestibule with a sculpture that represents Wisteria, a newworld plant named by Caspar Wistar. 2 The 200-seat auditorium is a hub of scientific exchange. 3 The skylit atrium is shielded from solar gain by the research tower to the South. This enables light with minimal heat to bathe the interior of the building. 4 A frit glass facade creates a semitransparent veil for the research labs behind it. The wall appears opaque or transparent, depending on lighting conditions. 5 The Wistar Family Lounge features portraits of Isaac Wistar and his nephew, Caspar Wistar. The Institution was founded by Isaac in honor of his nephew, a noted specimen collector. 45
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team structure Ballinger employees are specialized, yet they are not siloed. This allows us to approach each challenge with the efficiency and agility of a contained team, while still bringing the cross-disciplinary experience and expertise we have built up over our 140 years of practice. Our integrated team of architects, engineers, planners, and interior designers works with visionary institutions to create places that empower those who shape the future.
Core Team Ballinger brings a deep commitment as an integrated design firm to this project. Several factors have contributed to our success across multiple major Universities. These factors will also be key to the success of the School of Social Work Building:
• Reinforces University’s commitment to Westside revitalization Program Development
Our Core Team, described below, will lead the design process through proven workshop style engagements.
The program document represents a very well defined set of spaces for the building. With this programmatic framework, Ballinger’s program leaders, Katherine Wohlsen and Katherine Ahrens, will focus on the detailed development of the program and program adjacencies that support occupant interactions which are key to the success of the School. Katherine Wohlsen brings over 25 years of experience as an academic planner and has been central to our most significant projects. Her focus on academic spaces will be complimented by Katherine Ahrens, our workplace strategist, who will focus on the office and meeting environments. These program leaders will work closely with Stephen in the generation of concept alternatives.
Site Design / Landscape Architect
Systems & Net Zero Engineer
Given the prominent location for the new building which will establish a new campus edge and the importance of integrating the building and site into the Market Center Historic District, we will seek a landscape architect to be a collaborator on the core team. Ballinger has longstanding relationships with several notable landscape architects who will inspire creative solutions for this very important site.
Our lead engineering Principal, Jonathan Friedan, and Associate Principal Michael Radio are nationally recognized leaders in designing highly efficient buildings and have been central to our academic initiatives. Their recent innovative work, included in Stephen’s portfolio, for the Johns Hopkins project, LEED Platinum designation, and UMBC, Nationally recognized by ASHRAE, established the concept of Air Share, a foundational principle for achieving net zero design for very intensive program facilities.
• Design leadership from start to finish: Stephen + 3 core team groups • Experienced team that has worked together for over 20 years • Team continuity throughout: No hand-offs • An engaging and inclusive workshop style that builds consensus amongst faculty, staff, students and University leadership
The site will: • Strengthen and add greatly to the unique urban qualities • Enhance its role in the community
Core Team Program Development
Site Design
Systems & Net Zero
Katherine Ahrens
Stephen Bartlett
Jonathan Friedan
Katherine Wohlsen
Rob Voss
Michael Radio
Landscape Architect
Ballinger Engineers Structural Engineer
Electrical Engineer Mechanical Engineer
Plumbing Engineer
Specialty Consultants Civil Engineer / Lighting Design / AV/IT / Community Engagement
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