The Ohio State University The Peter L. and Clara M. Scott Laboratory at The Ohio State University replaces an out-dated laboratory building with a complex of interconnected structures enclosing a courtyard on three sides. A dedicated laboratory facility designed for maximum flexibility houses laboratories, machine shops and a high-bay laboratory. Across the courtyard is a building housing general university classrooms and lecture halls on the ground floor and faculty offices on the upper level. A glass-enclosed bridge at the third level spans the courtyard and connects the faculty offices with the laboratories. Completing the complex is a student activities building providing administrative offices, student services and student lounges. Multiple entries to the courtyard will promote its use as a gathering place, a connector to the campus and a venue for exhibiting student work. The design responds to the University context in material, quality and scale while creating a new identity and distinct environment for the Department of Mechanical Engineering students. Campus-oriented façades will be articulated in brick and stone. The courtyard-oriented façades of the buildings will utilize translucent materials, undulating surfaces and a smaller scale to distinguish the Department from the greater campus, mark its identity and provide an individualized environment for its primary users. List
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