Project Details
- Project Name
- Julis Romo Rabinowitz Building & Louis A. Simpson International Building
- Location
- NJ
- Architect
- KPMB Architects
- Client/Owner
- Princeton University
- Project Types
- Education
- Project Scope
- Interiors
- Size
- 197,000 sq. feet
- Year Completed
- 2017
- Shared by
- Ayda Ayoubi
- Team
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Bruce Kuwabara
Shirley Blumberg
David Jesson
Mark Jaffar
David Smythe
Lynn Pilon
Gabriel Fain
Annie Pelletier
Ya’el Santopinto
Elizabeth Paden
Victor Garzon
Clementine Chang
Carolyn Lee
Dina Sarhane
Rachel Cyr
Kristina Strecker
Samantha Hart
Lorine Murray-Mechini, Project Manager
- Consultants
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Structural Engineer: Thornton Tomasetti,Electrical Engineer: AltieriSeborWieber Consulting Engineers,Civil Engineer: Van Note-Harvey and Associates,Lighting Designer: Tillotson Design Associates,Landscape Architect: Michael Van Valkenburgh and Associates,Construction Manager: Barr & Barr
- Certifications & Designations
- LEED Gold (targeted)
- Project Status
- Built
Project Description
FROM THE ARCHITECTS:
The former Frick Chemistry Laboratories at 20 Washington Road has been fully renovated and with strategic new additions is the new home for key academic and administrative units at Princeton University. The Julis Romo Rabinowitz (JRR) Building houses Princeton’s Economics department and related research centers, and the University’s international initiatives are newly sited in the Louis A. Simpson International Building. This project realizes the University’s Master Plan vision to create a hub for social sciences, and transform the large, monolithic building into a porous, transparent and welcoming learning and research environment.
The building is located in the north-east precinct of the campus and occupies a prominent position east of Washington Road on Scudder Plaza – on the seam where the historic west campus meets the more contemporary east campus. The campus pedestrian pathway system was extended into this precinct as part of the landscape design, and a new south atrium and bridge entrance to the Simpson Building directly connects to Scudder Plaza. On Washington Road, the Beatrix Farrand landscape has been restored and forms the entrance court to the JRR Building. New glazed rooftop pavilions complement the heritage façade, and deliver flexible meeting and seminar rooms with remarkable views to the historic campus to the west.
