• Center for Scientific Inquiry and Innovation

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  • Floor plans
  • About LEED
  • Map of temporary walkway (pdf)
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• The sciences at Wheaton

Project floorplans

Draft floor plans for the three-story Center for Scientific Inquiry and Innovation can be viewed as individual images. Please click on the appropriate link below.

• First floor (draft)
• Second floor (draft)
  
• Third floor (draft)
  
• Roof level (draft)

About CSII

Distinctive features of the project's design.

Scientific research will be on display, thanks  to a project design that makes extensive use of large, interior glass partitions to promote visibility for student and faculty work.

Sustainability has been built in to the design from the start, with the goal of achieving LEED certification.

Interdisciplinary research will be facilitated by specially designed multi-use labs that encourage collaboration among students and faculty working in different disciplines.

Green roof featured in the design will connect the building to the center of campus and increase its energy efficiency.

Public meeting and study spots (from conference rooms to a cafe) will promote collaboration, community and a sense of vitality.

Room for growth has been designed into the center, which will include five classrooms outfitted for transformation into research labs as the college's science programs grow.

Flexibility has been designed into the project's teaching labs to create a more efficient building and to encourage multiple uses

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