Construction Update: Columbia University Manhattanville Campus
Southeast corner of the Science Center.
Two of the phase one buildings at Columbia University's Manhattanville campus have completed construction and are now open. Renzo Piano's firm has overseen the design of both the Jerome L. Greene Science Center and the Lenfest Center for the Arts. The 9-story, 450,000 square-foot science center will bring together researchers from across the University including the Columbia University Medical Center, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, and the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science. The ground floor will house the Center for Education and Outreach, a public education center focused on brain science that will serve the general public and K-12 schools.
Looking west towards the Academic Conference Center (left) and the Science Center (right).
Looking up at the south façade of the Science Center.
Ground floor façade of the Science Center.
The newly completed Lenfest Center for the Arts, also designed by the Renzo Piano Building Workshop (RPBW), sits to the west of the Science Center and houses galleries, performance spaces, a screening room, and offices in an eight-story structure. A unitized panel system of white metal and glass clads the exterior, a similar look to the firm's Whitney Museum at the High Line.
Looking up at the Center for the Arts (left) and the Science Center (right).
Looking east towards the Center for the Arts (left), the Science Center (center), and the Academic Conference Center (right).
Steel superstructure has topped out at the third RPBW building in Columbia University's master plan for the Manhattanville campus, the Academic Conference Center. Located south of the Science Center, it will house a 400-seat auditorium and state-of-the-art seminar and meeting rooms inside a five-story structure.
Southeast corner of the Academic Conference Center.
South façade of the Academic Conference Center.
Steel superstructure of the Academic Conference Center.
Looking east towards the Manhattanville Expansion campus.
Preliminary excavation work is underway at the site of the future Business School, a two building design from Diller Scofidio + Renfro with FXFOWLE.
Construction site of the future Business School.
Architects: Renzo Piano Building Workshop with Davis Brody Bond LLP (Science Center and Center for the Arts), RPBW with Dattner Architects (Academic Conference Center); Program: Education; Location: Manhattanville, New York, NY; Completion: 2017 (Science Center and Center for the Arts), 2018 (Academic Conference Center).
Columbia University Manhattanville Campus
Southeast corner of the Science Center.
Construction is wrapping up at Renzo Piano's Jerome L. Greene Science Center, the first building for Columbia University's Manhattanville Campus expansion. Set to open Spring 2017, the 9-story, 450,000 square-foot building will bring together researchers from across the University including the Columbia University Medical Center, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, and the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science. The ground floor will house the Center for Education and Outreach, a public education center focused on brain science that will serve the general public and K-12 schools.
Looking east towards the Manhattanville Expansion campus.
Work is also wrapping up on the Lenfest Center for the Arts, the smaller structure located adjacent to the Science Center. Also designed by the Renzo Piano Building Workshop (RPBW), the Center for the Arts houses galleries, performance spaces, a screening room, and offices in an eight-story structure. A unitized panel system of white metal and glass clads the exterior, a similar look to the firm's new Whitney Museum at the High Line.
Southeast corner of the Science Center.
The third RPBW building in Columbia University's master plan for the Manhattanville campus, the Academic Conference Center, has reached ground level. Located south of the Science Center, it will house a 400-seat auditorium and state-of-the-art seminar and meeting rooms inside a five-story structure.
The site of the Academic Conference Center (center) and the Science Center (right).
South facade of the Science Center(center) and Center for the Arts (left) from the 125th Street subway station.
Southeast corner of the Science Center at West 129th Street.
Ground floor façade of the Science Center.
Architects: Renzo Piano Building Workshop with Davis Brody Bond LLP (Science Center and Center for the Arts), RPBW with Dattner Architects (Academic Conference Center); Structure: WSP; MEP Engineer: Jaros, Baum & Bolles; Facade Consultant: IBA; Landscape Architect: James Corner Field Operations; Program: Education; Location: Manhattanville, New York, NY; Completion: 2017 (Science Center and Center for the Arts), 2018 (Academic Conference Center).
Columbia University Manhattanville Campus
With exterior work wrapping up on the Jerome L. Greene Science Center, much of the progress since the last update is focused on the Lenfest Center for the Arts, the smaller, adjacent building. Also designed by the Renzo Piano Building Workshop (RPBW), the Center for the Arts houses galleries, performance spaces, a screening room, and offices into an eight-story structure. Currently, the steel superstructure has topped out and installation of the exterior wall is underway. The structure looks to be clad in a unitized panel system of white metal and glass similar in appearance to RPBW's almost completed Whitney Museum at the High Line.
The third RPBW building in Columbia University's master plan for the Manhattanville campus, the Academic Conference Center, has yet to start up after the initial site demo completed. Located south of the Science Center, it will house a 400-seat auditorium and state-of-the-art seminar and meeting rooms inside a five-story structure.
Southeast corner from the 1 train subway platform.
South facade of the Science Center from the 125th Street subway station.
South facade of the Science Center from Broadway.
South facade of the Science Center (right) and the Center for the Arts (left) from West 125th Street.
Southwest corner of the Science Center (right) and the Center for the Arts (left) from West 125th Street.
Southwest corner of the Science Center (right) and the Center for the Arts (left) from West 125th Street.
West facade of the Science Center (right) and the Center for the Arts (left) from West 125th Street.
View of the Manhattanville Campus from Riverside Drive.
Southwest corner of the Science Center (right) and the Center for the Arts (left) from Riverside Drive.
View of the Manhattanville Campus from Riverside Drive.
Northwest corner of the Science Center (left) and the Center for the Arts (right) from Riverside Drive.
Northwest corner of the Science Center (left) and the Center for the Arts (right) from West 131st Street.
North facade of the Science Center (left) and the Center for the Arts (right) from West 131st Street.
North facade of the Science Center (left) and the Center for the Arts (right) from Broadway.
East facade of the Science Center.
Architects: Renzo Piano Building Workshop with Davis Brody Bond LLP (Science Center and Center for the Arts), RPBW with Dattner Architects (Academic Conference Center); Program: Education; Location: Manhattanville, New York, NY; Completion: 2016.
Jerome L. Greene Science Center & Lenfest Center for the Arts
Construction continues on the first phase buildings for Columbia University's Manhattanville Campus expansion to the north of the main campus. Two buildings by Renzo Piano Building Workshop (RPBW) are fully underway, the Jerome L. Greene Science Center and the Lenfest Center for the Arts. Since the last update, glass façade panels have been installed on the first floor of the Science Center. At the Center for the Arts, work on the steel structure continues while awaiting for curtain wall installation to begin. Demolition is complete on the site of RPBW's third building, the Manhattanville Academic Conference Center. The five-story, 60,0000-square-foot building will house a 400-seat auditorium and state-of-the-art seminar and meeting rooms.
Southeast corner from the 1 train subway platform.
Detail of the rooftop mechanical equipment.
Northeast corner of the Science Center.
Future site of the Academic Conference Center.
South façade of the Science Center from the 125th Street subway station.
South façade of the Science Center from Broadway.
Southeast corner of the Science Center.
Southeast corner of the Science Center.
South façade of the Science Center (right) and the Center for the Arts (left) from West 125th Street.
Southwest corner of the Science Center (right) and the Center for the Arts (left) from West 125th Street.
Southwest corner of the Science Center (right) and the Center for the Arts (left) from West 125th Street.
View of the Manhattanville Campus from Riverside Drive.
South façade of the Science Center (right) and the Center for the Arts (left) from Riverside Drive.
Northwest corner of the Science Center (left) and the Center for the Arts (right) from Riverside Drive.
View of the Manhattanville Campus from Riverside Drive.
Architects: Renzo Piano Building Workshop with Davis Brody Bond LLP (Science Center and Center for the Arts), RPBW with Dattner Architects (Academic Conference Center); Program: Education; Location: Manhattanville, New York, NY; Completion: 2016.
Jerome L. Greene Science Center & Lenfest Center for the Arts
Substantial progress has been made at Renzo Piano's Jerome L. Greene Science Center, the first building for Columbia University's Manhattanville Campus expansion. When it opens in 2016, the 9-story, 450,000 square-foot building will bring together researchers from across the University including the Columbia University Medical Center, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, and the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science. The ground floor will house the Center for Education and Outreach, a public education center focused on brain science that will serve the general public and K-12 schools.
Much of the glass curtain wall has been installed, with only the ground floor and rooftop mechanical spaces awaiting their enclosure. Inside, framing and sheetrock installation is ongoing throughout, along with MEP piping and ductwork.
Adjacent to the Science Center, Piano's Lenfest Center for the Arts has topped out. Metal decking and slab pours are ongoing, with exterior wall installation set to begin soon. The completed building will include a screening room, art gallery, performance space and smaller presentation spaces when it opens in 2016.
South facade of the Science Center from the 125th Street subway station.
South facade of the Science Center from Broadway.
South facade of the Science Center (right) and the Center for the Arts (left) from West 125th Street.
South facade of the Science Center (right) and the Center for the Arts (left) from West 125th Street.
Southwest corner of the Science Center (right) and the Center for the Arts (left) from West 125th Street.
Detail of curtain wall at the southwest corner.
Detail of the south facade.
Southeast corner of the Science Center at West 129th Street.
Detail of curtain wall at southeast corner of the Science Center.
Detail of curtain wall at south facade of the Science Center.
Ground floor at southeast corner.
Southwest corner of the Science Center (right) and Center for the Arts (left) from West 125th Street.
West facade of the Science Center (right) and Center for the Arts (left) from West 125th Street.
West facade of the Science Center (right) and Center for the Arts (left) from Riverside Drive.
Northwest corner of the Science Center (left) and Center for the Arts (right) from West 131st Street.
North facade of the Science Center (left) and Center for the Arts (right) from West 131st Street.
Site of future Business School buildings.
View of the Manhattanville Campus from Riverside Drive.
View of the Manhattanville Campus from Riverside Drive.
View of the Manhattanville Campus from Riverside Drive.
Architects: Renzo Piano Building Workshop; Program: Education; Location: Manhattanville, New York, NY; Completion: 2015.
Jerome L. Greene Science Center
Construction Update:
There is steady progress at the construction site of Columbia's first building of the new Manhattanville campus, the Jerome L. Greene Science Center. Curtain wall installation has now reached the eighth floor of this 10-story building.
Looking north on the 1 line's 125th Street subway platform.
East facade curtain wall.
Looking north from the 1 line's 125th Street subway station.
Looking north along Broadway.
Looking east along West 129th Street.
Looking east at 12th Avenue.
Looking south along West 131st Street.
The southeast corner.
Curtain wall.
Work is slated to begin on the second Renzo Piano designed stucture to the west of the Science Center, the Lenfest Center for the Arts. The 8-story, 140 ft building will bring a screening room, art gallery, performance space and presentation spaces to the new campus. To the north of the Science Center, Diller Scofidio + Renfro's Business School complex has yet to start construction.
Looking northeast along Riverside Drive.
Looking east along Riverside Drive.
Looking southeast along Riverside Drive.
Architects: Renzo Piano Building Workshop; Program: Education; Location: Manhattanville, New York, NY; Completion: 2015.
Previous Updates:
Jerome L. Greene Science Center
Architects: Renzo Piano Building Workshop; Program: Education; Location: Manhattanville, New York, NY; Completion: 2015.
Installation of the building envelope continues at the first building of Columbia University's Manhattanville Campus expansion, reaching the sixth floor. In total, the building's 10-story enclosure contains approximately 175, 988 square feet of wall surface among six different wall types, including double skin glass curtain wall and structural facades. The building envelope strategy will help in the pursuit of certification for the newly established LEED Neighborhood Design, a pilot program of the sustainability focused building rating organization.
Jerome L. Greene Science Center
Architects: Renzo Piano Building Workshop; Program: Education; Location: Manhattanville, New York, NY; Completion: 2015.
Since the last update in mid February, installation of the exterior glass curtain wall has started on the third and fourth floor of the southwest corner.
Field Update: Jerome L. Greene Science Center
The first building in Columbia University's Manhattanville expansion has recently topped out and awaits its sleek, glassy facade. It is slated to open in the fall of 2016 alongside The Lenfest Center for the Arts and the Forum building.