The new addi­tion to the sin­gle build­ing cam­pus of Lake Supe­ri­or Col­lege pro­vides future-ori­ent­ed facil­i­ties while con­sol­i­dat­ing the wide­ly dis­persed pro­gram areas. The build­ing adds 34,000 square feet and remod­els 5,500 square feet of the exist­ing 307,970 square feet facil­i­ty on the main cam­pus. The total con­struc­tion cost was $12,100,000. The new build­ing com­bines teach­ing lab­o­ra­to­ries and open lab­o­ra­to­ry space on cam­pus for health, nurs­ing and sci­ence pro­grams. The vacat­ed spaces with­in the exist­ing facil­i­ty pro­vide oppor­tu­ni­ties to address the short­age of gen­er­al class­rooms and gen­er­al use/​support spaces.

The Health and Sci­ence Cen­ter is con­struct­ed on the hill behind the main build­ing with a glass-enclosed walk­way con­nect­ing to the exist­ing build­ing on the main cir­cu­la­tion sec­ond lev­el. This loca­tion for the addi­tion achieves sev­er­al goals: cam­pus expan­sion to the north, as pro­posed in the Mas­ter Plan; pro­tects Miller Creek; pro­vides vis­i­bil­i­ty for the cam­pus. The new addi­tion cap­i­tal­izes on the nat­ur­al site and the views toward the St. Louis Riv­er and Lake Superior. 

Client: Lake Supe­ri­or Col­lege
Pro­gram: New Health and Sci­ence Cen­ter addi­tion
Cer­ti­fi­ca­tion: LEED Sil­ver Cer­ti­fied
Size: 34,000 sqft Addi­tion, 5,500 sqft Ren­o­va­tion
Cost: $13,900,000

Pho­tog­ra­phy Cred­its: © Kate Joyce Studios