Higher Education

Degenstein Student Center Renovation
Selinsgrove, PA
Susquehanna University planned to expand a woefully undersized retail dining servery in response to student dissatisfaction. With limited funding and a strong desire to get it right, the EwingCole team engaged over 500 students through face to face dialog, and learned that there was much more to the story.  Through a holistic approach, the 14,600 SF renovation ultimately enhanced a multitude of functions, including the servery, dining area, lounge, bookstore, adjacent coffee house, and the Commuter Lounge.

Film Production Design Building
Winston-Salem, NC
A unique campus, the UNC School of the Arts provides educational programs in the performing arts to train young artists for professional careers. The new 30,000 sf Film Production Design Facility for the School of Filmmaking houses the Art Direction and Animation Departments, achieving one of the University’s goals to showcase work taking place within the Film School, not just the final product.

A combination of shops, studios, and labs, the new facility integrates traditional craft and fine arts with innovative technology and equipment. Shop spaces include high-bay wood shop, high-bay paint deck with spray booth, metal shop with two welding booths, and craft shop for casting, sewing, and dying. Studio spaces have both drawing boards and digital media for production, animation, and gaming.

Yarbrough Chiller Plant
Raleigh, NC
North Carolina State University commissioned the design team to develop a new chilled water plant adjacent to the Yarbrough Steam Plant, Riddick Stadium and the future corridor for the Triangle Transit Authority light rail system. The Plant provides the necessary chilled water capacity for the immediate and future academic building planned for the North Campus. In order to reconcile the infrastructure’s presence on campus, the organization of spaces and selection of materials infuses the industrial nature of the building into a campus setting. Based on the idea of “phase change,” the transition between solid, liquid and gaseous phases of water, the design of the building emphasizes the level of energy required at each phase change. The activities are organized relative to the velocity of the system. Recipient of the Edge Award – Best Partnering/Team Approach and the AIA NC Merit Award.

Cates Utility Plant Renovation
Raleigh, NC
Modifications at the Cates Utility Plant were made to accommodate the cogeneration equipment space. A portion of the Cates Utility Plant that housed four chillers and their cooling towers, pumps and auxiliary equipment were gutted and demolished and then replaced with a new enclosure to house the new cogeneration units. Facade treatment of the new enclosure closely matches the existing Cates Utility Plant, including brick masonry on the lower level and insulated metal panels on the upper level. The retired chiller capacity was replaced with a new 2,000 ton chiller in the 2004 Cates Chiller Plant Addition. Special consideration for construction phasing was required due to the plant’s location and the need to maintain steam and chilled water service to the campus. LEED Silver.