Overview

For more information go to the Blog , which includes discussions on:

  • Fall 07 Updates
  • Interiors and Floor Plans
  • The Landscape
  • August Exerior Renderings
  • Impressions from SCS
  • Beyond the Yellow Brick Road
  • Preliminary Renderings
  • The Architects

    • The School of Computer Science Complex will be the new home for parts of the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon. It will consist of two buildings and an underground garage. One of the buildings is named the Gates Center and other is yet unnamed. The complex is located in the Valley between the Purnell Center, Cyert Hall, Doherty Hall and Newell Simon Hall.Some key facts

  • The combination of the two buildings will include about 210K groos square feet of new research and teaching space.
  • The Gates Center will be on the South side and will face the cut, and the other building will be on the North and face Forbes Avenue. The two buildings will be connected at all levels.
  • The Gates Center was made possible by a lead gift of $20 million from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
  • The garage will include about 150 spaces. Most of the existing surface parking on West Campus will be removed and replaced with pedestrian or green space.
  • The project will greatly increase the amount of green space and pedestrian space on West Campus.
  • There will be a bridge connection from the Cut to the Gates Center, and also a bridge connection from the Gates Center to Newell Simon Hall.
  • The buildings will include 12 new classrooms one of which is an auditorium with 250 seats.
  • The buildings will include about 310 offices, 11 Conference rooms, 32 closed project rooms (labs), 8000sqft of open project space, as well as the Planetary Robotics Center.
  • The project is designed to achieve at least a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Silver rating.
  • The project cost is $97Million and the construction cost is estimated at $72Million. This includes the cost for the garage and landscaping.
  • The architects are Mack Scogin and Merrill Elam from Atlanta.
  • The plan is that it will be completed in summer 2009.

    •  For more information and discussion please visit the Blog.