University of Saint Francis, Achatz Hall of Science and John and Toni Murray Research Center

Design Team
BHDP Architecture (Architecture/Interior Design); Karpinski Engineering (MEP / Technology); Schaefer, Inc. (Structural); Engineering Resources (Landscape Architecture and Civil Engineering)

The Achatz Hall of Science and John and Toni Murray Research Center was envisioned to be a modern, adaptable, sustainable, and collaborative science learning center. The complex incorporates new and renovated teaching laboratories, research laboratories, and classrooms to support chemistry, physics, biology, environmental science, anatomy and physiology, math, and computer science majors. A two-story atrium with a large feature stair highlights views of the scenic lake and surrounding landscape at the heart of the campus. The atrium’s large glass façade showcases student activities inside and creates a campus beacon.

One of the unique design drivers for this project was “Distinctively Franciscan.” BHDP salvaged stained glass windows from the existing chapel on campus and integrated them into a new window system on the upper floor overlooking a green roof. Additionally, Franciscan inscriptions were inlaid in the wooden feature stair, and a variety of built-in displays feature student work and celebrate the Sisters’ contributions to science.

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