Gwathmey Siegel & Associates - University Technology and Learning Complex

Gwathmey Siegel & Associates
University Technology and Learning Complex
Lawrence Technological University
Southfield, Michigan

The complex offers comprehensive facilities for learning in an electronic environment.....

Photo: Justin Maconochie
View of main entry below bridge

Photo: Justin Maconochie
Entry façade

The University Technology and Learning Complex, recently completed, is the new formal gateway building to Lawrence Technological University and the centerpiece of its campus. The new Complex provides campus-wide services, updating and expanding those of current teaching facilities with state-of-the art classrooms, learning laboratories and facilities for long distance learning. The project has also resulted in a redesign of the central campus as a pedestrian focused quadrangle.

Photo: Justin Maconochie
Quadrangle façade

Photo: Justin Maconochie
Exterior auditorium detail

The complex offers comprehensive facilities for learning in an electronic environment with fully wired classrooms, a virtual reality lab, an advanced graphic lab, a lighting lab, electrical engineering and computer labs, a photography studio, and TV production and broadcasting studio space. It also offers a major exhibition and lecture room, an office of the future, a resource center with a 15,000-volume library, conference rooms and office spaces.

Photo: Justin Maconochie
Lecture theater lobby

Photo: Justin Maconochie
Lecture theater

Photo: Justin Maconochie
Exhibition gallery

Photo: Justin Maconochie
Typical studio

The ground floor lobby announces the building's focus on technology with an information commons that offers computer stations available for campus information, group teaching and individual research.

Photo: Justin Maconochie
Entry Hall

The four-story, 135,000-square-foot building extends between the one-story Architecture and Engineering Buildings, its length interrupted by a grand three-story portal that acts as the school's formal entrance and leads to the campus quadrangle. The building materials are white ceramic tile, aluminum, corrugated panels and zinc shingles.

Photo: Justin Maconochie
Detail of south façade

The initial analysis of the building site also resulted in a complete transformation of the campus plan. Formerly, the main road continued through the middle of the central quadrangle, impeding pedestrian flow among the main academic buildings.

Drawing courtesy Gwathmey Siegel & Associates
Ground level plan

Model photo courtesy Gwathmey Siegel & Associates
Plan view of model

With the introduction of the Technology and Learning Complex, the road now circles the campus perimeter, with parking relocated to the edge. The result is a pedestrian quadrangle, with the Technology and Learning Complex completing its architectural frame. A new landscape plan features tree-lined paths connecting the buildings that border it.

Key Information:

Completion: 2001
Ground floor square feet: 135,000

campus entry building with a three-story formal gateway
lobby information commons
fully-wired classrooms
virtual reality lab
advanced graphics lab
lighting lab
electrical engineering and computer labs
photography studio
TV production and broadcasting studios for long distance learning galleries and lecture rooms an office of the future resource center with a 15,000-volume library conference rooms office space redesigned campus plan traditional pedestrian quadrangle

Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Architects

Partners:
Charles Gwathmey, FAIA and Robert Siegel, FAIA

Associate Partner:
Gerald Gendreau

Project Architect:
Susan Baggs

Design Team:
Richard Klibschon
Edward Parker
Victor Rodriguez

Architects of Record:
Neumann/Smith & Associates,
Southfield, MI

Structural Engineer:
L & A, Inc.
Farmington Hills, MI

Civil Engineer:
Orchid, Hiltz & McCliment, Inc.
Livonia, MI

Mechanical Engineer:
DiClemente-Siegel Design, Inc.
Southfield, MI

Lighting Consultant:
Hillman DiBernardo & Assoc., Inc.
New York, NY

Acoustic/AV Consultant:
David Harvey Associates
New York, NY

Landscape Architect:
Grissim/Metz Associates, Inc.
Farmington Hills, MI

February 18, 2002

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		Gwathmey Siegel & Associates University Technology and Learning Complex Lawrence Technological University Southfield, Michigan The complex offers comprehensive facilities for learning in an electronic environment..... Photo: Justin Maconochie View of main entry below bridge Photo: Justin Maconochie Entry façade The University Technology and Learning Complex, recently completed, is the new formal gateway building to Lawrence Technological University and the centerpiece of its campus. The new Complex provides campus-wide services, updating and expanding those of current teaching facilities with state-of-the art classrooms, learning laboratories and facilities for long distance learning. The project has also resulted in a redesign of the central campus as a pedestrian focused quadrangle. Photo: Justin Maconochie Quadrangle façade Photo: Justin Maconochie Exterior auditorium detail The complex offers comprehensive facilities for learning in an electronic environment with fully wired classrooms, a virtual reality lab, an advanced graphic lab, a lighting lab, electrical engineering and computer labs, a photography studio, and TV production and broadcasting studio space. It also offers a major exhibition and lecture room, an office of the future, a resource center with a 15,000-volume library, conference rooms and office spaces. Photo: Justin Maconochie Lecture theater lobby Photo: Justin Maconochie Lecture theater Photo: Justin Maconochie Exhibition gallery Photo: Justin Maconochie Typical studio The ground floor lobby announces the building's focus on technology with an information commons that offers computer stations available for campus information, group teaching and individual research. Photo: Justin Maconochie Entry Hall The four-story, 135,000-square-foot building extends between the one-story Architecture and Engineering Buildings, its length interrupted by a grand three-story portal that acts as the school's formal entrance and leads to the campus quadrangle. The building materials are white ceramic tile, aluminum, corrugated panels and zinc shingles. Photo: Justin Maconochie Detail of south façade The initial analysis of the building site also resulted in a complete transformation of the campus plan. Formerly, the main road continued through the middle of the central quadrangle, impeding pedestrian flow among the main academic buildings. Drawing courtesy Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Ground level plan Model photo courtesy Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Plan view of model With the introduction of the Technology and Learning Complex, the road now circles the campus perimeter, with parking relocated to the edge. The result is a pedestrian quadrangle, with the Technology and Learning Complex completing its architectural frame. A new landscape plan features tree-lined paths connecting the buildings that border it. Key Information: Completion: 2001 Ground floor square feet: 135,000 campus entry building with a three-story formal gateway lobby information commons fully-wired classrooms virtual reality lab advanced graphics lab lighting lab electrical engineering and computer labs photography studio TV production and broadcasting studios for long distance learning galleries and lecture rooms an office of the future resource center with a 15,000-volume library conference rooms office space redesigned campus plan traditional pedestrian quadrangle Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Architects Partners: Charles Gwathmey, FAIA and Robert Siegel, FAIA Associate Partner: Gerald Gendreau Project Architect: Susan Baggs Design Team: Richard Klibschon Edward Parker Victor Rodriguez Architects of Record: Neumann/Smith & Associates, Southfield, MI Structural Engineer: L & A, Inc. Farmington Hills, MI Civil Engineer: Orchid, Hiltz & McCliment, Inc. Livonia, MI Mechanical Engineer: DiClemente-Siegel Design, Inc. Southfield, MI Lighting Consultant: Hillman DiBernardo & Assoc., Inc. New York, NY Acoustic/AV Consultant: David Harvey Associates New York, NY Landscape Architect: Grissim/Metz Associates, Inc. Farmington Hills, MI February 18, 2002 Gwathmey Siegel & Associates arcspace features