The O'Connell Companies

Architect:

Rafael Vinoly Architects

Client:

Bard College

Scope Of Work

Construction of Bard College’s Reem/Kayden Center for Science and Computation, a dramatic curved structure housing laboratories, offices, and teaching facilities. 

Building contains wet and dry laboratories, offices, classrooms, and an 80-seat egg-shaped auditorium.

Exterior features complex curtainwall geometry and custom metal cladding finishes.

Geothermic Heating and Cooling.

Enthalpy heat recovery wheels supplement the sustainable profile.

Modular bench-and-bollard system design for laboratories.

Construction of specialized areas for Zebrafish research, two environmental rooms, cognitive systems lab, NMR room, robotics room, computer teaching elliptical room, and a hardware research lab.

Four freestanding pods clad in copper, stainless steel, and zinc contain an auditorium, two lecture rooms, and a seminar room.

AIA New York Citation for Design