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Reimagining Clippinger: Adaptive Reuse of an OU Post-war Science Building

Delivered October 23, 2024
Presented by Stephen Bergmeier, Marvin E. and Ann Diley White Professor of Chemistry, Ohio University-Main Campus | Matt Garrett, Principal, Flad Architects | John Wroblewski, Architect/Science Planner, Flad Architects
Planning Types: Campus Planning

Since Ohio University's (OU) Clippinger Laboratory was built in 1967 higher education has changed dramatically: scientific research, instruction, and the students themselves. Through several examples over the 10-year period of Clippinger's reimagining, this session will examine a process for rethinking a building's vision, developing space needs, and responding to changing times so that the building can continue to serve the College of Arts and Sciences into the future. Come learn a set of adaptive reuse tools to guide planning and design, including alignment of program and capacity, compliance with regulations, and achieving sustainability and environmental goals.

Learning Outcomes:

  1. Rethink the assignment of research space to a more fluid model by using as much shared space as possible to be judicious and efficient.
  2. Discuss how to update a 1960s science building to meet today's growing demands for student study spaces.
  3. Explain how to work within funding limitations by creating a multi-phase, multi-year funding model.
  4. Make an honest assessment of how researchers are using their buildings post-pandemic and determine how collaboration different today.

Presenters:

Stephen Bergmeier, Marvin E. and Ann Diley White Professor of Chemistry, Ohio University-Main Campus
Matt Garrett, Principal, Flad Architects
John Wroblewski, Architect/Science Planner, Flad Architects

Delivered 10/23/2024.

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