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INTRODUCTIONDLR Group believes integrated design is the practice of early collaboration in order to produce sustainable design excellence.

At the core of an integrated design firm are collaborative, interdisciplinary teams composed of all project life cycle stakeholders. These teams champion true collaboration, open information sharing, shared risk and reward, value-based decision making, and proficient use of technology to elevate design. The outcome is sustainable design of a high performance building for a sustainable future.

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ARCHITECTUREIntegrated Design

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signatory (out of 165 firms) to the AIA 2030 Commitment. Firms commit to steer the industry to achieve net-zero design and construction for all buildings by the year 2030.

of those 165 firms to submit our Sustainability Action Plan for meeting the Commitment targets.

DLR  Group is a member of the United States Green Building Council, with one of the highest numbers of LEED Accredited staff (as a percentage of total staff) amongst large firms.

DLR  Group believes in Architecture 2030 and is an adopter of the 2030 Challenge as a critical target for design and construction.

We’re helping lead the design and construction industry toward achieving carbon neutrality by the year 2030.

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DLR Group is an initial signatory to the China Accord – a commitment to plan and design all cities, towns, developments and buildings in China to low carbon/carbon neutral standards.

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HOW WE DO IT

WHEN WE LISTEN WE LEARN.The client knows it.

There is trust.

You feel it.

WHEN WE DELIVER THERE ARE NO OBSTACLES.Only solutions.

Clients are championed.

Teammates are celebrated.

Everyone wins.

WHEN WE DESIGN A DREAM BECOMES REALITY.There is collaboration.

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REACHDLR Group provides architecture, engineering, planning, interior design, and building optimization to meet the unique needs of our clients in locations around the globe. DLR Group operates with a business structure and a culture of interoffice workload sharing. The people with whom you work are directly backed by the firm’s entire resources, enabling us to immediately and effectively scale our teams to meet your needs.

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HIGHER EDUCATIONColleges and universities around the world benefit from DLR Group’s integrated facility design, development, and management expertise. We partner with clients to create solutions that support organizational strategy, objectives, and values.

DLR Group understands the decision-making process at higher education institutions and the importance of collaboration in that process. To achieve the necessary consensus for a successful project, we employ proven processes – including an inclusive design charrette – to obtain and distill different priorities and views into a program and design that meets the functional and aesthetic requirements of each project.

Our national platform enables us to leverage knowledge and expertise from across the country. DLR Group professionals actively share higher education industry trends such as integrated learning environments, fund-raising and bonding strategies, and their experience with prioritizing multiple issues and decision-making. We then directly apply that knowledge to each project, utilizing our national experts with experience in particular building types to benefit design teams through charrettes and quality reviews.

HIGHER EDUCATION EXPERTSJeff Fenimore, Global Higher Education Leader MINNEAPOLIS

Chris Osore DES MOINES

Sean Rosebrugh PHOENIX

Andrea Gehring LOS ANGELES

Darcy Royalty LOS ANGELES

Kate Yurko MINNEAPOLIS

Bob Binder DENVER

Matthew Streed MINNEAPOLIS

Tim Wagoner ORLANDO

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CHRIS OSORE

SEAN ROSEBRUGH

ANDREA GEHRING

DARCY ROYALTY

KATE YURKO

BOBBINDER

MATTHEW STREED

TIM WAGONER

Client: University of Wyoming

Location: Laramie, WY

Design Achievement:The University of Wyoming Gateway Center is an iconic structure that will serve as a focal point to welcoming visitors to the campus. DLR Group's design creates a destination location for alumni, students, and visitors to congregate, collaborate and connect to their Wyoming Cowboy legacy. The center houses the University of Wyoming Foundation, Alumni Association, Career Services and Student Admissions at the heart of campus, with an architecture that reflects the past, present and future of the University and its student community.

University of Wyoming Gateway Center

Scope Summary:The new 67,000 SF building features local sandstone materials integrated into an open and transparent museum-like reception area flooded with natural light. A high tech Legacy Hall exhibits the history and points of interest about the University and its learning environment. Also included are personnel offices, support spaces, conference/seminar rooms, lounges, and an event hosting/dining area with support spaces for a prep kitchen and storage. The Center is designed to efficiently accommodate future growth through a strategic design featuring moveable furnishings and adaptable fixtures, technology, walls, and building systems. Gateway Center is designed to a LEED Silver equivalent rating with sustainable features such as maximized access to natural daylight, optimal building orientation, and high efficiency energy and water systems. DLR Group provided architectural design and interior design services and partnered with Pappas & Pappas Architects as project managers and CA representatives.

Client: Santa Barbara City College

Location: Santa Barbara, CA

Design Achievement:Santa Barbara City College was ranked the #1 community college in the nation by the Aspen Institute in 2013. It sets high standards for students, and is optimally located on the Pacific Coast with sweeping views of the Pacific Ocean. DLR Group's design for the renovation and modernization of the Humanities Building greatly improves teaching facilities, provides additional accessibility and support space, and replaces aging and outdated technology. A new elevator tower brings the building into full ADA compliance and highlights the main entry point of the building. The tower also houses conference rooms that offer stunning views of the ocean.

Santa Barbara City College Humanities Building

Scope Summary:The scope of this project was a renovation of an existing 45,762 SF Humanities building. This renovated, modernized structure houses classes in ceramics, computer programming, design, drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture, and film, television and audio production. The scope included exterior site; interior accessibility and improved way finding; fire alarm/sprinkler and egress improvements; elevator replacement; window replacement; roof repairs; lighting/HVAC upgrades; floor, ceiling, and wall finishes; and modification of previous additions to facilitate permitting. DLR Group provided architecture and interior design services.

Client: Benedictine University

Location: Lisle, IL

Design Achievement:The new College of Business academic building at Benedictine University will elevate their mission to build a better world through business. It serves to anchor the south end of the Quad - an expanse of grass, plants and trees, benches, sidewalks, and landmark-style lamps – and features classrooms, social spaces and banquet areas to attract community members to campus. DLR Group’s design supports BenU’s focus on global partnership, stemming from their coordination with services abroad, as well as establishing itself in markets in places like China and Vietnam. The Global Hall educates the public on where companies are in the world and what they do. There is also a 16-screen matrix media wall that has the capability to display television channels, graphics, websites, movies, and presentations. The new building is designed to host an array of events like student organizations, event management, and hoteling for local and global businesses. Even more, it can host public or private events. For example, the Competency Assessment room, part of the executive partner’s suite, is a multipurpose room for corporate employers, student run business events, video coaching and project team rehearsals. Overall, the design will deliver education with transparency, an initiative intended to develop an interactive and collegial place for learning and interdepartmental awareness.

Benedictine University Goodwin Hall of Business

Scope Summary:The new 125,000 SF facility has 21 educational spaces, including a 600 seat auditorium, a banquet hall, three computer classrooms and two distance learning classrooms to connect students across the globe. The building has available space capable of expanding an additional 12 classrooms. A mixed-use gallery space and a 4th floor banquet room allows the community to utilize the facility. Visitors and students can enjoy a birds-eye view of the campus from the 4th floor terrace. DLR Group designed a Center for Corporate Partnership, which includes an Executive Partner’s Suite, to bring local and worldwide businesses in for collaborative teaching and learning sessions. These spaces are primarily focused on development of undergraduate and master’s students. DLR Group provided architecture, interiors and commissioning services.

Client: Los Angeles Community College District

Location: Los Angeles, CA

Design Achievement:The Southwest College School of Career and Technical Education geometrical configurations literally open the space to students while welcoming the neighboring community to utilize its resources. The building provides practical, hands-on training to diverse, multi-generational user groups in a safe and inviting campus facility. DLR Group's design for the new building helps re-brand this Los Angeles Community College District campus as a vibrant, forward-thinking 21st century institution. With its prominent facades and highly visible gateways, the building announces its presence to the public and engages users approaching from both north and south. Large expanses of glass and open-air corridors, lobbies, and courtyards exhibit the professional training and instruction taking place on the inside. The multi-purpose auditorium and conference rooms, which are accessed directly off a primary open-air corridor, support campus-wide and community usage. Research and testing labs are situated on the first floor, next to the open-air central core. The highly visible southeast corner of the second level, which contains classrooms and faculty offices, protrudes outward toward the campus.

Southwest College School of Career & Technical Education

Scope Summary:The scope for the 53,655 SF Career and Technical Education building included classrooms, an Environmental and Technical Science Program, Business Department offices, and a Career and Workforce Development Center. The building embodies the concept of Building as Teacher and is a showcase for sustainability features. Visible wind turbines demonstrate on-site renewable energy production. Open-air and naturally-ventilated corridors introduce maximum natural daylight and reduce energy costs. Bioswales and retention ponds are integrated into the landscape and walkways. Flexible porous paving facilitates drainage and allows low-maintenance service access to the ground-floor research and testing labs. A sustainability kiosk, mural and instructional area inform students and community members about sustainable practices. DLR Group provided architecture and interior design services.

Client: Los Angeles Community College District

Location: Culver City, CA

Design Achievement:West Los Angeles College (WLAC) offers paths to university transfer, career education and courses for personal or professional growth. DLR Group collaborated with the Los Angeles Community College District on two concurrent projects for the WLAC campus: a General Classroom Building and a Student Services Building. The LEED Gold Classroom Building's functional plan combined with an exciting composition of dynamic facade elements enhance the student experience. Classrooms are primarily located along the northern facade, taking full advantage of the views and solar orientation, while faculty offices are located on the more private south side of the building. Horizontal louvers mitigate solar gain through south-facing windows and provide this facade with a formal architectural element. The Student Services Building facilitates navigation through the enrollment process and intuitively leads students to desired services. A central welcome desk and information kiosk greets students as a first point of contact, providing them with services via quick-access computers, flat screen information monitors, and student help desk.

West Los Angeles College Student Services and Classroom Buildings

Scope Summary:The 45,000 SF Classroom Building is certified LEED Gold, and comprises 16 classrooms, administrative offices, and a 100-seat lecture room that can double as a venue for cultural events. The 45,000 SF Student Services Building is certified LEED Silver. In addition to its focus on student services it features a food court, indoor and outdoor seating, computer and photocopy resource rooms, and recreation areas. DLR Group provided architecture, interiors, and planning services for both facilities.

Client: Los Angeles Community College District

Location: Wilmington, CA

Design Achievement:Following a facilities assessment of its existing Learning Resource Center, Harbor College decided to replace the existing structure to accommodate new educational programs. DLR Group’s design consolidates a library and learning resource center into a single facility, which provides students with comprehensive research and tutoring services under one roof. The new Library & Learning Resource Center is an inspirational environment that engages students while providing staff with a functional and efficient workplace. The building integrates with other new campus facilities to further define a prominent campus mall. The use of unique construction materials positions it as a landmark, sustainable building that actuates the central quad to enhance campus connectivity. The expansive glass facade is visually inviting and welcomes users to explore and access its services. A grand double-height lobby serves as an open, linear passageway with access to library stacks, reference, and periodicals; computer labs; tutoring services; academic support services; and classroom labs.

Harbor College Library andLearning Resource Center

Scope Summary:The Harbor College Library & Learning Resource Center replaced an outdated library with a new 45,000 SF building designed to achieve LEED Platinum certification. This student focused building facilitates learning with convenient, seamless student access to research and academic support as well as self-service check-out stations, open computer labs,quick reference research databases, 24/7 book returns, and on-line reservations for study rooms. Varying modes of study and learning are satisfied with quiet spaces for individuals, interactive group study rooms, and lounge spaces with inspiring exterior views. The building program includes general library collections, reference, periodicals, media; a computer lab; tutoring services; individual and group study spaces; and classroom labs. Photovoltaic panels on the canopy act as a means of energy collection while exterior louvers on the southern facade reduce solar heat gain. Low-flush toilets and waterless urinals promote water conservation. Abundant glazing on the north facade maximizes the introduction of natural light, while independently-activated sensors and artificial lighting zones reduce overall energy consumption. DLR Group provided planning, architecture, and interior design services.

Client: St. Catherine University

Location: Minneapolis, MN

Design Achievement:St. Catherine University's Interior Design Studio, at International Market Square Design Center, provides faculty with spatial flexibility, versatile instruction delivery, and collaboration space to develop intelligent, creative, business savvy thinkers for the future design industry. DLR Group's multi-functional design of modern forms and a clean palette to showcase students work, juxtaposes with the original 1904 masonry and steel building (on National Register of Historic Places). East to west orientation within the suite allows daylight to flood the design studios and collaboration area; 360 degree pivot walls between the spaces spin to improve student's presentation experience, and open turning the space into a large exhibition gallery. Studio and collaboration area walls wrapped with both magnetic and dry-erase marker film create a 180 degree learning environment for sketching/writing, pinup, and projection. "The space is quickly becoming known as the best instructional and learning environment in all of St. Kate's," says Justin Wilwerding, ID Program Director.

St. Catherine University Interior Design Studio

Scope Summary:The 4,000 SF Interior Design Suite tenant improvement project will house advanced students throughout their Junior and Senior years in the program. Scope of work includes design for two 950 SF design studios, 350 SF collaboration and resource library, 300 SF of faculty offices, and 300 SF of storefront and entry display; a fresh interior pushes the traditional design aesthetic of St. Kate's and provides an inviting and comfortable, yet energetic and inspiring atmosphere for students; and incorporation of 3M Architectural Markets products that strengthened the design through a substantial product donation. DLR Group provided full architecture and interior design services, and design-build mechanical and electrical engineering guidance.

Client: Cardinal Group Investments, LLC

Location: Austin, TX

Design Achievement:Cardinal Group's University Towers is a housing community serving University Texas at Austin and Austin Community College students. DLR Group's design supports Cardinal Group's mission to give students resort-style amenities and experience of space. The renovation features an updated and welcoming lobby with pool and ping pong tables, a cyber cafe and lounge conveying the Austin vibe. The expanded fitness center showcases state of the art equipment and a large view out to the pool deck which brings in natural daylight and a connection to the outdoors. The leasing office features a mock suite showing standard and luxury suite options such as kitchen appliances, lighting and furniture upgrades. The roof deck design provides the property with amenities that are hard to come by such as a raised tanning deck, cabanas, lounge seating around the fire place, a TV bar and an observation deck with a view of Austin second to none.

University Towers Renovation

Scope Summary:The scope at University Towers included complete renovation of the common areas, housing spaces, fitness center, and administrative spaces. The design used modern finishes, improved user amenities, and enhanced access to technology throughout the common spaces, and also upgraded core mechanical systems. DLR Group provided architecture, engineering, and interiors services.

Client: Diné College

Location: Shiprock, NM

Design Achievement:Founded in 1968, Diné College has two main campuses and six community centers serving residents and approximately 2,000 students from the 26,000 square-mile Navajo Nation across Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah. DLR Group's design of Diné College Library respects the vital connection between the Diné and the natural world. The architecture honors the built form of the sacred hogan and echoes the curving representation of the Navajo world-view. Arched forms and curved walls present a gentle and welcoming spirit. Spaces created between the large curved forms align to special landforms, sacred directions, and celestial relationships that surround and define the world of the Navajo. A long slit cut in the east wall of the library allows the rising sun to penetrate deep into the interior twice annually, corresponding with the beginning and ending of the school year. As the rays pierce the interior, they glance along a long stone wall and enter the Storytelling Room which represents the family hogan, the center of Navajo life. It features a dramatic blue translucent enclosure rising like a prayer through the roof of the library. Lights and fiber optics in the ceiling surrounding the Story Telling Room display the Big Dipper, the North Star, and other constellations important to the storytelling tradition of the Diné.

Diné College Library

Scope Summary:The 19,500 SF Diné College Library is a key component of DLR Group's master plan for the Shiprock campus. DLR Group provided full integrated services including planning, architecture, engineering, and interiors.

Client: Central Arizona College

Location: San Tan Valley, AZ

Design Achievement:Central Arizona College expanded its reach across the central Arizona desert recently by completing the first buildings on its new San Tan Campus. Following assistance with the site selection process, DLR Group moved into the master planning and design work with a plan for phased growth for the 200+ acre campus in years to come. DLR Group’s design emphasizes transparency within each space, providing visual connection to the entire campus as well as expansive views of desert and mountains. The planning process involved extensive coordination with College staff, faculty, and user stakeholder groups. The end result is a flexible master plan, program and design allowing the College to grow from a smaller, flexible campus with options for future buildings as enrollment rises and program offerings grow.

Central Arizona College San Tan Campus

Scope Summary:The scope of the 75,000 SF, five-building Phase 1 includes a student services center complete with a flexible one-stop shop for testing, bookstore, security office, lobby, materials display, administrative offices, counseling, financial aid, career counseling and features a lobby triage station with online registration facilities. Additionally, the library is paired with a cafe, student success/learning resource center and distance learning facility. Classroom buildings include science labs, allied health labs, a fine arts/dance/performance pavilion, and general use classrooms. The campus also gives opportunity for community use with flexible community room facilities to seat up to 600 along with kitchen facilities. Infrastructure elements include a central plant/site amenities and parking. DLR Group provided planning, architecture, interiors, and landscape architecture services.

Client: IREO Private Limited

Location: Gurgaon, India

Design Achievement:This new applied sciences university in Northern India seeks to be a premier higher education institution to meet the growing needs of India’s younger generations for interdisciplinary education. The University of Gurgaon is founded on three basic principles: 1) to provide a strong infrastructure to support future growth; 2) to attract the most qualified faculty; and 3) to create a student-centric learning environment to attract undergraduates of the highest caliber. DLR Group was engaged to provide a complete master plan, reflecting the concept of connectivity. The design team’s response envisions multiple disciplines working, teaching and learning in close proximity, sharing physical space and resources to promote cross-disciplinary interactions. Planning and design of exterior and interior pedestrian circulation through the campus is key to reinforcing the concept of connectivity. Vehicular circulation is limited to the site’s perimeter, creating a vehicle-free campus interior. Exterior circulation is propelled by the landscape design, creating a continuous flow from one end the campus to the other. Local climatic conditions, including intense summer heat and heavy monsoon rains, prompted circulation options between buildings through covered elevated bridges or open on-grade paths. The campus’ architectural language is derived from the dome, a natural geometry found in iconic and traditional Indian vernacular architecture. The dome provides the foundation, with the main campus buildings envisioned as strong sculptural statements composed of related and contrasting geometric forms.

University of Gurgaon

Scope Summary:The master plan sets a vision for a 20-acre site in three phases, totaling approximately 700,000 SF. Phase I includes the design and construction of the Administration Building, the Student Center, and three academic buildings. Phase II includes three additional classroom buildings, a Center of Innovation and Design, and an arts center. Phase III adds student housing. DLR Group provided master planning, landscape urban design, and architectural design services.

Client: Kenyatta University

Location: Nairobi, Kenya

Design Achievement:Intended to be a flagship facility for the redevelopment of the Kenyatta University Ruiru Campus outside Nairobi, the new College of Architecture Building offers views of Mount Kenya and Thika Highway from its high-profile location. DLR Group's design concept combines the rifts and valleys of the Kenyan landscape and natural forms to create unique spaces for collaboration and integration for five new programs: Architecture and Interior Design; Construction and Real Estate Management; Spatial Environmental Planning Management; Landscape Architecture and Urban Design; Geodesy Survey and Land Administration. The cafe/ramp/terracing component of the approach provides a dynamic setting for students, faculty, and staff to socialize, learn, and rest in a comfortable, shaded space. The dynamic roof form hovers and enfolds over the top of the building creating an opportunity for renewable energy resources like photovoltaic panels and rainwater storage. The vertical collaboration spaces and open studios connected by transparent stairwells infuse the building with visual and audial energy and promote communication.

Kenyatta University College of Architecture Building

Scope Summary:The scope of this project is the design of a new 8,925 square meter academic building featuring collaborative studios, office, lecture, and common spaces. The climate in Nairobi allowed for several sustainable opportunities including natural ventilation, rainwater storage, and opportunities to harness solar energy with photovoltaic panels. DLR Group provided master planning, sustainable consulting, and architecture services for this project.

Client: University of Washington

Location: Seattle, WA

Design Achievement:The Allen Library Research Commons enables University of Washington students to conduct collaborative research activities in a vibrant and technology-rich environment. DLR Group's design uses FF&E selections to create distinct zones of activity within a large open space. The use of predominantly mobile systems allows the students to reorganize spaces on the fly to adapt to their specific needs in formal and informal research and presentation activities. Whether exploring concepts with fellow students on whiteboards, conducting online research or communicating with people across the world to share ideas, users of the Research Commons are able to take full advantage of this space to fulfill their academic needs. This project represents the first facility of its kind on campus. The vibrant design announces this new presence to the student community, while creating an environment embodying the bold energy of the researchers who have wholeheartedly embraced it.

University of Washington Allen Library Research Commons

Scope Summary:The Allen Library Research Commons project encompassed the renovation of 15,500 SF of existing open-plan library space to create a new research environment. Scope included creating a master space plan; light demolition work of an existing service area and relocation of the help desk; new finishes (paint, carpet and rubber base); power and data upgrades supporting new multimedia systems, and new wireless hubs; and new furnishings throughout to support the master space plan supporting diverse student research activities. DLR Group provided architecture and interiors services.

Client: Johnson County Community College

Location: Overland Park, KS

Design Achievement:The Hospitality Management and Culinary Academy at Johnson County Community College (JCCC) is home to one of the most elite culinary programs in the United States. DLR Group's design creates a landmark on the JCCC campus and uses transparency, both inside and out, to expose student work, create awareness, and spark an interest in the culinary program. Prior to building a new facility, the culinary program was tucked away in a general classroom building, hidden from the majority of the student population. This new facility celebrates JCCC's award-winning program and puts all aspects of culinary and hospitality education on display. The building is organized around a linear lobby which provides views into all cooking labs. Glass walls allow students to show off their culinary skills, which routinely garner regional, national and international recognition. The wide, day lit lobby acts as the student lounge and provides a space for interaction between students, chefs, instructors, and the larger community of JCCC and Overland Park, Kan.

Johnson County Community College Culinary Academy

Scope Summary:The 36,000 SF building features five cooking labs: Cooking 1, Cooking 2, Bakery, Garde Manger, and a Restaurant Kitchen. In addition there is a tiered floor culinary theater with seating for 75 people, library, computer lab, two classrooms, central stores/storage, and instructor office space. The building is organized around a central lobby that acts as a gathering space for student/chef/instructor interaction. The lobby spills out to an outdoor seating plaza that is used by students between classes. Following the great BBQ tradition of Kansas City, the curriculum includes outdoor cooking with a patio for grilling and smoking. The building is designed to LEED-Silver Certification. All food waste is being sent to a campus wide composting station. DLR Group provided planning and architecture services for the project.

Client: Los Rios Community College District

Location: Sacramento, CA

Design Achievement:The Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management program at American River College is one of the most respected culinary arts programs in Northern California. DLR Group's design for the modernization and expansion of the Culinary Arts facilities supports the college's program excellence with an environment that fosters real-world learning experiences. New kitchen labs, a restaurant, and a retail bakery provide high-tech spaces that reflect the professional work environment. These spaces are interconnected and transparent to foster instructor-student-visitor interaction that directly enhances the learning experience. The building design creates a beacon for a new gateway onto the campus. To create a clear entry statement and a sense of place for visitors, a new entry and lobby take on the abstract form of an oak tree, with elements branching into the interior and reflecting growth rings.

Los Rios Community College District American River College Culinary Arts

Scope Summary:The scope of this project added 17,794 SF to the culinary arts building and an additional 5,000 SF of existing space was modernized to successfully unify the entire Fine Arts Complex at American River College. Prior to the expansion, the teaching facility and café were small and inadequate, restricting the number of students who could enter the program. The modernization and addition expanded both the academic components of the program and the dining capacity for the Oak Cafe, a 4-star restaurant that is serviced by culinary students. The new building consists of lecture, lab, office storage, a restaurant and retail bakery spaces, and additional space to accommodate growth in the program. DLR Group provided integrated programing, architecture, engineering, and interior design services.

Client: Hennepin Technical College

Location: Eden Prairie, MN

Design Achievement:Hennepin Technical College wanted a transparent suite of STEM spaces, both to enhance student connectivity to the learning process as well as to maximize the visibility of its newest program. DLR Group's design solutions for the suite incorporate elements of smart classroom design and current teaching pedagogy to encourage interaction and teaming between students. The layout includes two labs with an open/high tech classroom space in the middle. This flexible setting, with adjacent preparation space, allows for future changes in curriculum delivery while meeting the current needs of biology, microbiology, physics, chemistry, and general science classes. To further prepare for their emerging science program, STEM learning best practices were researched and implemented into the design and operational components of the program.

Hennepin Technical College Science Suite

Scope Summary:The 6,500 SF addition features transparent design, teaming spaces and adjacent student lounge enables students and faculty - from differing programs - to meet, discuss and observe the new science programs. DLR Group provided architecture, engineering, and interiors services.

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