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Columbia University

New York, NY

Manhattanville Campus Development

Higher Education

Columbia University's new campus in Manhattanville needed a contiguous underground distribution network for goods and services in order to create a safe, green, and attractive ground plane. S E A provided programming and design to address service support spaces, storage requirements, and loading docks.

Sustainable features

The campus is a pilot project for LEED Neighborhood Development. S E A is developing operational considerations to accommodate the University’s goals and LEED requirements for recycling, composting, and reduction of truck emissions. S E A is also supporting Columbia's LEED certification through Innovation In Design credits for materials management planning.

Client collaboration

S E A worked with end users to identify their space needs, including provisions for future sustainable initiatives. We worked with the project architects and university planners to layout a space program and operational guidelines that utilized the underground infrastructure to support phased development.

Client results

S E A's planning input provides for adequate and efficient campus services. The central service node and distribution network maximize the amount of space available for active ground floor uses, such as retail and restaurants; while reducing truck traffic, noise, exhaust, and pedestrian interference.