This facility serves as a multidisciplinary science building housing classrooms, offices, teaching and research labs for the departments of Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Science, Geography, Math/Computer Science and Physics.

The new building of 120,000 SF is an L-shaped building composed of two "wings" connected by a central lobby core.

The building is divided into wings by grouping infrastructure intensive wet labs in one wing and dry areas in the other. This division represents an effort to make the facility more energy efficient. The floors of the "wet" wing are designed based on the needs of the activities housed within. The first floor contains the vibration sensitive labs associated with Physics and the third houses the fume hood intense Chemistry research labs. Biology and Environmental Science are located on the second floor. Likewise, the "dry" wing is organized by locating the classrooms with the largest number of students on the lower floors and Computer Science research space on the third floor.

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