WRT was engaged by Stevens Institute to master plan the expansion of its campus overlooking the Hudson River. The plan called for new classroom, research, residential, and student life facilities. The campus master planning effort encompassed a major rethinking of Stevens’ open space network, which will include a significant new linear park designed to reorient the campus center toward sweeping views of Manhattan. Each new building will be designed and sited to engage and animate this green corridor which is also intended to serve as a semi-public park for the City of Hoboken.
Enhancing community connections was a large part of the master plan, and several specific architectural projects emerged as a result. Taken as a whole, these projects will not only enhance the lives of the Institute’s students and faculty, but they will also allow Stevens to address many recent issues in campus planning including innovations in teaching environments, community outreach, and sustainability.
The value and importance of the LEED Gold Academic Gateway Center is a direct expression of the Institute’s commitment to sustainability and innovation.
