Richard Stockton College, West Quad Academic Building

Pomona, New Jersey

Firm

KSS Architects LLP

Client

Richard Stockton College and the State of New Jersey

Area

230,000 sq.ft.

Total Cost

$35,000,000

Completion Date

06/1999

The design of the West Quad Academic Building was the first step toward defining a new academic center for Richard Stockton College. The new building provides classroom, laboratory and office space in anticipation of continued growth.

The building houses academic programs in nursing, occupational therapy, physical therapy, and speech pathology and audiology—the college’s core strengths. In addition, the building provides permanent spaces for student-health services, uniting all health-related functions in one building.

This project emphasizes classrooms that accommodate video, data and communications technology. Each classroom has ceiling-mounted, large-screen video and data projections for live, instructor-led lectures and demonstrations. Podiums have connections to the Internet and campus network.

Externally, the building serves as a point of entry to the academic complex. As the first structure to occupy the new quadrangle, the West Quad Academic Building must stand alone initially and at the same time anchor the future ensemble of four buildings.

Photographer: ©Matt Wargo