Edward J. Ray Hall

Bend, USA

Photo © SRG Partnership, Inc.

Architects: SRG Partnership

Location: 1500 SW Chandler Ave, 97702 Bend, USA
Year: Fall 2021 (est.)
Client: Oregon State University – Cascades Campus
Team: Laurie Canup, Carl Hampson, Lisa Petterson, Scott Mooney, David Webb, Emily Wright, Jennah Byrd, Eric Ridenour, Tim Evans, Trevor Lavoie
Contractor: Swinerton
Civil Engineer: DOWL
Structural Engineer: Catena Consulting Engineers
Mechanical Engineer / Plumbing Engineer: Affiliated Engineers, Inc. (AEI)
Electrical Engineer: Samata Consulting Engineers LLC
Landscape Architect: Swift Company LLC
Cost Consultant: JMB Consulting Group LLC
Code: Code Unlimited LLC
Accessibility: Studio Pacifica Ltd.
Acoustical Engineer: Accessibility ABD Engineering and Design
Wind Engineer: CPP
Geotechnical Engineer: GRI
SRG Partnership, Inc.: SRG Partnership, Inc.

The new 50,000 gsf STEAM building on the growing Oregon State University - Cascades campus in Bend, Oregon will serve as the prototype for future net-zero campus expansion, beginning implementation of OSU’s Long-Range Development Plan and providing an adaptable and scalable framework for future buildings. The design, with a daylight-tuned façade and plans to incorporate mass timber, will solidify OSU Cascades’ identity in Bend. Informed by the unique topography of its site, the building’s dynamic indoor/outdoor environment will support numerous activities and events, engaging people through classroom, laboratory and maker spaces, as well as a formal amphitheater and an informal cascading plaza for gathering. Highly flexible interior academic spaces are organized on a modular grid, which will allow for future program adaptation and redistribution, as well as potential off-site construction of building elements.