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These interior renderings for the new SCS complex show the broad use of natural light.one of the 315 offices will have a windowwith natural light and there will be manyopen collaborative neighborhood spaces,”says Blelloch. Other amenities include a250-seat auditorium, 13 classrooms, 11conference rooms and 8,000 square feet ofopen project space.The larger of the two buildings, theGates Center for Computer Science, wasmade possible by a lead gift of $20 millonfrom the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.The upper stories of the modern buildingwill be twisted slightly so that rather thanfacing the plain brick back wall of thePurnell Center, the eastern windows willface the Cut and the southern windows willlook out over the new green space towardsDoherty Hall. Views of Oakland and theCathedral of Learning will dominate thewestern windows.The smaller trapezoid-shaped building,as yet unnamed, will be dedicated toresearch and will create a welcoming spaceon Forbes Avenue. Its green roof will be thesecond-largest of the five green roofsplanned throughout the complex. Thelargest will cover a 150-space undergroundparking garage with a wide expanse of grassand be edged by Northern Bayberry shrubsand Quaking Aspens.The SCS Complex will forge newconnections across campus as well. A fullyaccessible pedestrian bridge will extend eastfrom the fifth level of the Gates Center tothe Cut. One floor down, another bridgewill connect the Gates Center with the topfloor of Newell-Simon Hall.The buildings are scheduled to open inearly 2009. ∆< LOG ON >http://gatescenter.blog.cs.cmu.eduhttp://gs3020.sp.cs.cmu.edu/~webcam“Our goal is for this new buildingto be a catalyst for computerscience breakthroughs. CarnegieMellon is one of the top schoolsfor computer science in thenation, and we hope thefoundation’s gift will help theschool continue to excel andpush the envelope of humanunderstanding and innovation.”> Bill Gates,co-founder of the Bill &Melinda Gates FoundationThe Gates Center for Computer Science as it will look from the new West Quad between Newell-Simon and Smith halls.THE LINK