Lake Superior College Health and Science Center
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
The connecting link creates a dramatic front door to the Health and Science program. Exterior materials are carried inside for continuity, wayfinding, and durability.
Carved out of the steep site, the new building takes advantage of the sloped site and creates a connection to the single building campus.
Corridor provides surge spaces for students and faculty to engage in impromptu meetings. Views into teaching laboratories provide a kinetic atmosphere putting the “science on display.”
Laboratories have abundant natural light and views to Lake Superior.