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Peter Gisolfi Associates
Green Judges' Choice Winner 2008 Green Education Design Showcase
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Facility Use: College/University 4-Year Institution
Project Type: New Construction
Category: Green Design
Location: Purchase, NY
District/Inst.: Manhattanville College
Richard Berman President
Completion Date: April 2008
Design Capacity: 403 students
Enrollment: 1,600 students
Gross Area: 33,000 sq.ft.
Site size: 100 acres
Cost per student: $7,875
Cost per sq.ft.: $381.00
Total project cost: $12,600,000
Building construction cost: $10,000,000
Site development cost: $800,000
Furniture & equipment cost: $400,000
Fees and other: $1,100,000 |
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Student Center at Manhattanville College, Purchase, New York
Project Summary
The Student Center at Manhattanville College in Purchase, NY— the first major new academic building to be added to the College in over 40 years —forms the gateway to the core of this 100-acre campus. When entering the building at the ground floor, a strong diagonal axis pulls visitors toward a ceremonial stair which emerges at the main floor art gallery adjacent to a new green quadrangle.
The 33,000sf building was designed as a series of spaces for interdisciplinary activity, with places for performing arts, creative arts, student clubs, exercise and fitness. The main floor art gallery and student lounge (at the quadrangle level) are flooded with natural light from the expansive curtain wall. All public spaces have views to the new quadrangle and the heart of the campus.
Gold LEED Certification
All of the materials in the building have been obtained locally. They are natural and non-toxic. The primary exterior materials are brick, glass, metal panels, and standing seam metal roofing. The interior materials are polished concrete flooring, maple flooring, ground face concrete block interior walls and partitions, brick peers, and unfinished galvanized steel doors and frames. The interior surfaces are predominantly unfinished for minimum maintenance and no toxic off-gassing. The entire storm drainage system is designed to be sustainable by filtering the storm water and retaining it on site.
In order to receive the gold LEED certification, the building incorporates an energy efficient gas-fired condensing boiler, an efficient evaporative chiller, and a well insulated building envelope; roof-mounted PV solar collectors provide 13% of the building’s electricity. All interior space is day-lit. The building uses 50% of the energy of a typical code compliant building. The extended west façade forms the edge of a new quadrangle. That façade is glass, but the overheating associated with west-facing glass is remedied with fritted glass and a row of deciduous trees which shades the glass during warm months.
This is the first green building on the Manhattanville campus. The approval process within the local community was made more cordial because the building was designed to be sustainable. The Manhattanville community of faculty, staff, students, families of the students and alumni, is genuinely excited about the sustainable building. The solar collectors are visible from the new quadrangle, clearly indicating the presence of a “green” building in the landscape. The building is transparent and completely day-lit; this supports the communal mission of the Student Center.
Project Goals
- Create a multidisciplinary Student Center to consolidate artistic activities which are scattered around the campus. The building should be friendly to students and should be active at all times.
- Create a physical gateway to the core campus.
- Create a new quadrangle, shared by the existing dining hall and focusing on the historic Castle, which would be a new center for outdoor student activity.
- Design and construct a LEED-certified green building which explains itself to the college community.
Achievement of Project Goals
- The interdisciplinary nature of the building is revealed in its spaces for musical performance, film, dance, drama, rehearsals, radio, TV, as well as exercise and fitness. The program of diverse spaces within the building was designed to break down barriers between the separate disciplines of different academic departments. For example, the flexible performance space can be used for lectures, film, drama, dance, musical performance and rehearsals for many of these endeavors. The main lobby of the building, which faces the new quadrangle, functions as an art gallery and a student lounge. The dance and fitness centers are open 24 hours a day. This combination of activities enlivens the building continuously.
- The parking lot façade of the building, which faces east, is punctuated by three slender columns and a wide entryway. Upon entering the building at this level, a strong diagonal axis leads visitors to a ceremonial stair within a glass cube which faces the tower of the historic McKim, Mead, and White “Castle”. This stair terminates at the main lobby—the most public space immediately adjacent to a new two-level quadrangle. These strong connecting elements make the Student Center the gateway to the main campus.
- The new quadrangle is defined on the east by the new Student Center, on the north by the existing dining hall, and on the west by a low stone wall and grass slope to the “Castle”. The lower level of the quadrangle is paved and is adjacent to the student snack bar in the dining hall building; the upper level of the quadrangle is a green space which opens to the glass wall of the student art gallery and lounge.
- The new Student Center will be awarded a gold LEED certification. Solar collectors generate 13% of the building’s electricity. The building requires only 50% of the total energy needed by a conventional building of the same size.
Community Response
The building was designed for Manhattanville’s community of students, staff and faculty. Combining fitness and the arts in one building brings the students and staff together in new ways. The success of the building is reflected in its constant active use.
The Student Center at Manhattanville also serves as a place for activities, performances and celebrations that welcome the wider Westchester community. The “Summit Music Festival” was held in the building in August of 2008, and was attended by musicians from around the country and local audiences.
The Student Center has been selected as a meeting venue by a wide variety of organizations. Among others, the Society for Marketing Professional Services (SMPS) will be holding its Fall breakfast event at the Student Center this coming November. Project Description: 1) Control of Institution: Private: Not for Profit
2) Type of Institution: Other (College Student Center)
6) Community: Designed for Community Functions (College Student Center) |
Locale: Methodology & Standards: Funding Method(s): Primary Source: Primary Source: Private Funding
Alternative Sources: Local/State/Federal Revewable Energy Grants |
Project Delivery Method(s): Sustainable/Green Design: Principles Followed: LEED
Certifications Obtained: LEED Gold
Site Selection and Development: Building Orientation; Heat Island Reduction; Stormwater Management; Site Selection
Water Conservation: Water Conservation
Energy Efficiency and Conservation: Alternative Energy Source; Natural Ventilation; Building Automation/Energy Management Systems; Energy Efficiency
Materials Use: Sustainable Materials Selection
Indoor Environmental Quality: Indoor Air Quality; Electric Lighting Systems/Controls; Use of Daylighting
Alternative Energy Sources: Solar
Commissioning: Building/systems have been commissioned |
Architect(s): Associated Firms and Consultants: Structural Engineer: Robert Silman Associates (Robert Silman)
Mechanical Engineer: O’Dea, Lynch & Abbattista (Steven Abbattista)
Civil Engineer: Divney, Tung & Schwalbe (Andrew V. Tung)
Other: Viridian - Sustainability Consultant (Adrian Tuluca) |
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