Fall Groundbreaking
for New Science Center
Campaign co-chairs and trustees Sue Perrotty ’75
and Andrew Maier II unveil plans for the new Science
Center at the President’s Council Gala in May. Albright’s new Science Center will begin to take
shape as Albright breaks ground for the $27
million building sometime this fall.
The Science Center will include construction
of a 41,000 square foot, four-story addition to the
existing Merner-Pfeiffer Hall of Science and the
complete renovation of the 37,000-square-foot
historic building, constructed in 1929 and added
to and renovated in 1965.
The new addition will wrap around the west
and north sides of the 1965 addition to the original
building. In addition, infrastructure systems such as
electricity, plumbing, heating and air conditioning
will be modernized. Construction will take approximately
24 months, and will be done in two phases;
new construction first, then renovation.
The oldest section of Merner-Pfeiffer Hall of
Science will be renovated to offer modern classrooms
and more centralized faculty offices. The
greenhouse will be relocated to adjoin the new
construction.
Karen A. Campbell, Ph.D., the P. Kenneth
Nase, M.D. ’55 chair of biology, worked closely
with architects Lord, Aeck and Sargent of Atlanta
to plan the building.
“We will finally bring the facilities up-to date
with the instrumentation, techniques and
research that are already going on,” said Campbell.
“The new spaces in which organic chemistry
and biochemistry and molecular genetics and
cellular biology will be taught will be configured
so that students will gain the most from these
experiences in a modern facility that houses our
state-of-the-art instrumentation.”
“Adjacent spaces will complement the labs by
offering prep room and instrumentation,” Campbell
said. “Students and faculty will not have to
wander through the building to several different
spaces, which is the situation we have now. Even
the histological prep spaces will be adjacent to
the electron microscopy suites, so that all microscopy
work can be centralized.”
Albright’s new Science Center will begin to take
shape as Albright breaks ground for the $27
million building sometime this fall.
The Science Center will include construction
of a 41,000 square foot, four-story addition to the
existing Merner-Pfeiffer Hall of Science and the
complete renovation of the 37,000-square-foot
historic building, constructed in 1929 and added
to and renovated in 1965.
The new addition will wrap around the west
and north sides of the 1965 addition to the original
building. In addition, infrastructure systems such as
electricity, plumbing, heating and air conditioning
will be modernized. Construction will take approximately
24 months, and will be done in two phases;
new construction first, then renovation.
The oldest section of Merner-Pfeiffer Hall of
Science will be renovated to offer modern classrooms
and more centralized faculty offices. The
greenhouse will be relocated to adjoin the new
construction.
Karen A. Campbell, Ph.D., the P. Kenneth
Nase, M.D. ’55 chair of biology, worked closely
with architects Lord, Aeck and Sargent of Atlanta
to plan the building.
“We will finally bring the facilities up-todate
with the instrumentation, techniques and
research that are already going on,” said Campbell.
“The new spaces in which organic chemistry
and biochemistry and molecular genetics and
cellular biology will be taught will be configured
so that students will gain the most from these
experiences in a modern facility that houses our
state-of-the-art instrumentation.”
“Adjacent spaces will complement the labs by
offering prep room and instrumentation,” Campbell
said. “Students and faculty will not have to
wander through the building to several different
spaces, which is the situation we have now. Even
the histological prep spaces will be adjacent to
the electron microscopy suites, so that all microscopy
work can be centralized.” |
