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Building
Connections
Two new buildings, slated for completed in
2006-2007, will be home to a range of science and interdisciplinary
fields.
A pair of new buildings will give academic departments more space and at
the same time
bring professors and students in related disciplines closer together.
Located at 6th Street and College Way, the Edmunds and Lincoln buildings
will provide
state-of-the-art research and teaching facilities for departments
ranging from psychology
to geology. The buildings together will encompass 93,000 square feet
when completed in
December 2006 at a projected cost of $40 million.
Connected with a second-story walkway, the buildings will, in turn,
create stronger
connections between academic disciplines. Edmunds will house the
departments of Computer Science, Environmental Analysis, Geology and
most of Linguistics and Cognitive Science. Lincoln will be home to three
intercollegiate departments—Asian American Studies, Black Studies and
Chicano/a Studies—plus Neuroscience and most of the Psychology
Department.
The clustering of related disciplines—such as computer science,
psychology, neuroscience
and cognitive science—is intended to create synergies and facilitate
collaboration.
Departments also will benefit from new equipment and technologies and
from lounge spaces
designed to foster a sense of community among students, according to
Associate Dean
Cecilia Conrad. Computer science’s area will include a robotics
laboratory; geology will
add a mapping laboratory; and psychology will benefit from a larger
child development
research center.
The buildings’ courtyard will create an attractive new northern entry
point for the
campus. Environmentally-friendly features will include solar panels and
heavy use of
natural light, which serves the dual purposes of conserving energy and
creating an
inviting atmosphere. The buildings will be designed to earn the U.S.
Green Building
Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) silver
certification, said
Jim Hansen, director of Campus Planning and Maintenance.
Baxter Medical Center will be replaced by these new buildings, and
Health Services will
move into The Claremont Colleges’ new Student Services Center, now under
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