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the firm has a great deal of experience with academic and
laboratory buildings, including projects for CWrU. the firm recently
completed the robbins Hall laboratory renovation in 2009 and the
leutner Hall renovation and addition in 2010. Both projects were
successful, coming in on time and on budget. the firm has also
worked with other universities’ lab and academic spaces, including
those at Harvard University school of Dental medicine (research
and education building), University of Pittsburgh school of Dental
medicine (15,000-square-foot renovation), Dartmouth medical
school, the University of michigan, the University of California-
Davis, Binghamton University, and the University of Columbia. the
project will be managed out of the firm’s Beachwood, ohio, office.
This is a concept drawing. Please provide your
ideas and feedback to us before the design is
finalized at dentalalumni@case.edu.
Productive relationship
For their part, the architectural firm found working with the CWrU
representatives to be a unique experience. “We’ve forged a very
productive working relationship with the dental school,” says
michael Carter, aia, leeD aP, project manager. “Using a process
that we call the ‘Discovery Workshop,’ we have done many
laboratory and school builds. But none of them were quite like
what we discovered at CWrU. the process went to the next level,
thanks to the interactions we had with the labs’ principal
investigators [Pis], the Dean, and other key players. these discussions
brought a great deal of insight into our creative process.
Can a building have a personality?
it can, if the right team is doing the design.
When asked to summarize the project in
a few words, the team from stantec/Burt Hill
offered these adjectives:
• Intense
• Sensitive
• Flexible
• A “kind” presence
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