Construction Update: Cornell Tech Campus
East view of the Cornell Tech campus.
Construction is wrapping up at the first phase of the new campus for Cornell Tech on Roosevelt Island. The full master plan calls for a campus of 2 million square feet of space and 12 acres of open space for approximately 2,500 occupants.
Southeast view of the Cornell Tech campus.
Northwest corner of the Cornell Tech campus.
The House at Cornell Tech
The House at Cornell Tech, designed by Handel Architects and developed in partnership with The Hudson Companies and The Related Companies, will offer 350 residential units for students and faculty of the college. Rising to a height of 270 feet, the tower is the tallest building on campus and will be the world’s tallest Passive House designed structure at completion. The Passive House energy standard was developed in Germany and is considered the most rigorous energy efficiency standard in the world. Buildings designed to this standard typically achieve energy consumption reduction of 60% to 80% that of a similar code building.
South façade of The House and southeast corner of The Bridge.
As part of the energy efficient design of the building, the façade is clad in unitized mega panels of metal panel and punched windows that are designed and prefabricated for better control of air infiltration, reducing heating and cooling loss. A special color changing paint is employed on the metal panels that will shift from silver to warm champagne in the natural light. The southwest corner of the façade features a vertical strip of louvers that act as the building’s “gills”, concealing the outdoor space where the heating and cooling equipment are housed.
Amenities will include furnished common spaces, fitness center, landscaped ground floor porch and rooftop terraces, rooftop party room, and bicycle storage.
Northwest corner of The House.
Looking up at the north façade of The House.
Northeast corner of The House and The Bridge.
The Bridge at Cornell Tech
The Bridge at Cornell Tech, designed by Weiss/Manfredi and developed by Forest City Ratner Companies, will serve as a corporate co-location facility to bring together established tech companies, startups, and academic researchers to accelerate the introduction of new technologies to the market. The 230,000 square foot building will pursue a minimum of LEED Silver with sustainable features such as 16,500 square feet of rooftop solar panels, efficient water fixtures, stormwater capture, and a ground floor elevated 10 feet above the 100 year flood plane. A glass curtain wall with a vertical frit pattern clads the steel structure, offering expansive light and views to the 14 foot floor to floor height work spaces.
East façade of The Bridge.
Southwest corner of The House (left) and The Bridge (right) from the south.
Southwest corner of The Bridge.
The Bloomberg Center
The Bloomberg Center, designed by Morphosis, serves as the main academic building for the first phase of the Cornell Tech campus. Faculty and students will be able to work independently and collaboratively in the building’s flexible space. Interaction with the public will be facilitated through the café and terrace. As with the other buildings on campus, The Bloomberg Center will pursue aggressive sustainability standards as it sets a goal of being the largest Net Zero energy use building in the United States. All of its energy will be generated on site through the use of geothermal wells for heating and cooling and a canopy of solar panels at the roof.
North façade of The Bloomberg Center.
Morphosis has designed an iconic metal panel façade to cover the unitized, continuously insulated rainscreen wall system. A system of perforations in the panels catches the sunlight to create an organic pattern visible on campus and from afar.
Looking up at the west façade of The Bloomberg Center.
Close-up of the perforated metal panel façade of The Bloomberg Center.
Southwest corner of The Bloomberg Center.
View of the Cornell Tech campus from the south.
Architects: SOM (Master Plan, Central Utility Plant), Morphosis (The Bloomberg Center), Weiss/Manfredi (The Bridge at Cornell Tech), Handel Architects (Residential Tower); Landscape Architects: Field Operations (Open Space Master Plan, Campus Open Space); Program: Education, Office, Residential, Open Space; Location: Roosevelt Island, New York, NY; Completion: 2017.
Cornell Tech Campus
Progress continues at the new Cornell NYC Tech campus with façade installation continuing at the residential tower and beginning at the Bloomberg Center.
Construction continues at the new campus for Cornell Tech on Roosevelt Island. Steel erection is complete at Morphosis' Bloomberg Center and Weiss/Manfredi's co-location building, known as the Bridge at Cornell Tech. Façade installation has begun at the west façade of the Bloomberg Center. At the Hudson Companies' 26-story residential tower for graduate students, facade panel installation has reached the half way mark. Designed by Handel Architects, the tower will be the world's tallest project built to the Passive House standards for energy efficiency. Phase One looks to be on track for its mid 2017 opening date.
West elevations of the campus.
Close-up of the southwest corner of the Bloomberg Center.
Close-up of the west façade and canopy of the Bloomberg Center.
Southwest corner of the residential tower.
Northwest corner of the campus.
Close-up of the west façade and canopy of the Bloomberg Center.
Close-up of the west façade of the Bloomberg Center.
Close-up of the southwest corner of the Bloomberg Center.
Northwest corner of the residential tower.
Northeast corner of the campus.
Close-up of the northeast corner of the residential tower.
Northeast corner of the Bridge.
Architects: SOM (Master Plan, Central Utility Plant), Morphosis (The Bloomberg Center), Weiss/Manfredi (The Bridge at Cornell Tech), Handel Architects (Residential Tower); Landscape Architects: Field Operations (Campus Plaza); Program: Education, Office, Residential, Open Space; Location: Roosevelt Island, New York, NY; Completion: 2017.
Cornell Tech Campus
On the verge of a major milestone for phase one of Cornell Tech's new campus, as all but one building tops out.
Construction continues at the new campus for Cornell Tech on Roosevelt Island. Steel erection at Morphosis' Bloomberg Center appears to have topped out with the addition of the structure for the rooftop canopy. Weiss/Manfredi's co-location building, known as the Bridge at Cornell Tech, also appears to have topped out with its steel superstructure. At the Hudson Companies' 26-story residential tower for graduate students, concrete superstructure has reached the 20th floor, within a few floors of its final height. Designed by Handel Architects, the tower will be the world's tallest project built to the Passive House standards for energy efficiency. Phase One looks to be on track for its mid 2017 opening date.
Looking east towards the Cornell Tech campus from the Roosevelt Island Tram.
Looking east towards the Cornell Tech campus from the Roosevelt Island Tram.
Looking south towards the Cornell Tech campus from the Roosevelt Island Tram.
Looking south towards the Cornell Tech campus from the Roosevelt Island Tram.
Looking south towards the Cornell Tech campus from the Roosevelt Island Tram.
Cornell Tech Campus from the intersection of North Loop Road and West Loop Road.
North facade of the Cornell Tech Residential Building from North Loop Road.
Looking up at the north facade of the Cornell Tech Residential Building.
North facade of the Central Utility Plant from North Loop Road.
Looking up at the north facade of the Cornell Tech Residential Building.
Facade panels installed on the north facade of the Cornell Tech Residential Building.
Close-up of the facade panels on the Cornell Tech Residential Building.
Northeast corner of the Cornell Tech
Northeast corner of the Bridge at Cornell Tech from North Loop Road.
Looking west towards the Cornell Tech Campus (foreground) and the Midtown East skyline.
The Residential Building (right), the Bloomberg Center (far right), and the Bridge (center).
Looking north towards the Cornell Tech Campus from the Long Island City waterfront.
Looking north toward the Cornell Tech Campus from Southpoint Park.
Architects: SOM (Master Plan, Central Utility Plant), Morphosis (The Bloomberg Center), Weiss/Manfredi (The Bridge at Cornell Tech), Handel Architects (Residential Tower); Landscape Architects: Field Operations (Campus Plaza); Program: Education, Office, Residential, Open Space; Location: Roosevelt Island, New York, NY; Completion: 2017.
Cornell Tech Campus
Superstructure rises at all building sites in the first phase of Cornell University's tech-focused new campus on Roosevelt Island in New York.
Superstructure has started to rise at the phase one sites of Cornell's new tech campus on Roosevelt Island. The site is located to the south of the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge and was formerly home to the Goldwater Hospital, which housed 2,106 beds. Included in the first phase of construction is an academic building by Morphosis, a corporate co-location building by Weiss/Manfredi, a residential tower by Handel Architects, a meeting center for the academic and tech community, a central utility building by SOM, and a campus plaza by Field Operations.
Located on a triangular site at the northwest corner of the campus, the four-story, 160,000-square-foot Bloomberg Center will house the school's initial academic functions. Bronze toned metal panels will clad the exterior, while a roof covered in photovoltaic panels crowns the top floor. The building has been designed with the goal of achieving Net-Zero energy consumption and a LEED Platinum certification. Superstructure has reached the fourth floor, making topping out eminent.
To the east of the Bloomberg Center, the Bridge at Cornell Tech serves as a corporate co-location building. The Weiss/Manfredi designed building will provide space for new and established companies to work on innovative projects. Superstructure has reached the second floor.
Aerial view of the Phase One campus from the Roosevelt Island tram.
Aerial view of the Phase One campus from the Roosevelt Island tram.
Aerial view of the Phase One campus from the Roosevelt Island tram.
Northwest corner of the Bloomberg Center by Morphosis.
At the northern boundary of the site lies the Central Utility Plant and the residential tower. The one story utility building features a sawtooth facade, clad in metal panels, that faces the North Loop Road. An unoccupiable green roof covers the top. The Hudson Companies' 26-story, 270-foot-tall residential tower stands adjacent to the utility building and will provide 350 residential units to mostly graduate students. Handel Architects has designed the tower to the Passive House sustainability standards, making it the world's tallest project to use such standards. The Central Utility Plant has topped out, while the residential tower has reached its second floor.
North facade of the Central Utility Plant by SOM.
Northwest corner of the Central Utility Plant.
North facade of the Central Utility Plant by SOM.
Northeast corner of the Phase One campus with the Residential Building (center) and the Central Utility Plant (right).
Northeast corner of the Residential Building by Handel Architects.
Work on the first phase of the campus is schedule for completion by 2017.
Architects: SOM (Master Plan, Central Utility Plant), Morphosis (The Bloomberg Center), Weiss/Manfredi (The Bridge at Cornell Tech), Handel Architects (Residential Tower); Landscape Architects: Field Operations (Campus Plaza); Program: Education, Office, Residential, Open Space; Location: Roosevelt Island, New York, NY; Completion: 2017.
Cornell Tech Campus
Demolition is underway at the site of Cornell's tech campus on Roosevelt Island. The site was formerly home to the Goldwater Hospital, which housed 2,106 beds. When completed, the first phase will include an academic building by Morphosis, a corporate co-location building by Weiss/Manfredi, a residential tower by Handel Architects and a campus plaza by Field Operations. Work on the first phase is schedule for completion by 2017.
Architects: SOM (Master Plan), Morphosis (Academic Building), Weiss/Manfredi (Corporate Co-Location Building), Handel Architects (Residential Tower); Landscape Architects: Field Operations (Campus Plaza); Program: Education, Office, Residential, Open Space; Location: Roosevelt Island, New York, NY; Completion: 2017.
