North Campus Residential Expansion - Phase 1 – Cornell University

Ithaca, USA

Photo © Van Zandbergen Photography

Photo © Brad Feinknopf

Photo © Van Zandbergen Photography

Photo © Brad Feinknopf

Photo © Van Zandbergen Photography

Photo © Brad Feinknopf

Drawing © ikon.5 architects

arkkitehdit: ikon.5 architects

Location: Ithaca, USA
Year: 2021
Client: Cornell University
General Contractor: Welliver
Civil Engineer / Surveyor: T.G. Miller P.C. Engineers and Surveyors
Structural Engineer: Thornton Tomasetti
Geotechnical Engineer: Stopen Engineering
MEP/FP Engineer | IT | Security | Lighting | LEED: WSP
Landscape Architect: Trowbridge Wolf & Michaels Landscape Architects
Acoustical Engineer: Shen Milsom & Wilke
Furniture Consultant: Galina Design Group
Audiovisual Consultant: Acentech
Commissioning: Horizon Engineering Services
Culinary Design Consultant: Ricca Design Studios
Dining Interior Consultant: Champalimaud
Building Envelope Consultant: Heintges
Signage Consultant: T-Squared Design

The North Campus Residential Expansion at Cornell University is a 776,000-square-foot student life residential complex for first-year and sophomore students. Providing over 2,000 beds, the residences are organized as 3- to 5-story courtyard buildings that engage and respond to the adjacent campus, site conditions, and help foster serendipitous collegial exchanges crucial to student life. Central to this complex is a 1,000-seat dining hall that offers a variety of micro-restaurants to enhance the student life experience. Red and grey terracotta masonry walls complement the neighboring north campus buildings by acting as modern re-interpretations of the existing dorms. Residential lounges capture campus views and serve as beacons and a highly transparent ground floor promotes outward social interaction with the entire community. Lake source cooling and rooftop photovoltaics assist in achieving LEED Gold certification.