The WEISS/MANFREDI designed Corporate Co-Location Building for the new campus is a major advancement to the university's effort to bring technology, industry, and academia together in New York City.
The CornellNYC Tech Corporate Co-Location Building is a major advancement in the university's effort to bring industry and academia together on its groundbreaking Roosevelt Island campus.
This seven story contemporary "R and D" hub is a flexible incubator designed to accelerate the pace of innovation at Cornell NYC Tech. The loft-like design of the building fosters dialogue between Cornell 's disciplinary hubs and tech companies of all sizes, providing shared spaces for entrepreneurial activities and academic inquiry.
The building's crystalline geometries frame river to river views and bring daylight into all the spaces of the building. At the campus level, Tech Gallery, the building's central atrium, opens to the central campus green and is linked to the campus grounds with a series of landscaped terraces.
The gallery and atrium open to views across the campus and create a three dimensional crossroads that encourages spontaneous conversations and collaboration throughout the building.
The cantilevered southwest and northeast wings shelter outdoor social spaces that animate the ground floor retail spaces and entry terrace. The silhouette of the rooftop photovoltaic canopy unifies the campus' architectural expression and is an iconic signature of Cornell 's commitment to sustainability.
As an important element of Cornell 's new graduate campus, the Co-Location Building is a crystalline incubator, recasting prior academic and corporate models to establish a catalytic setting for research and innovation.
"We hope to create visual and physical connections between academic and profession hubs to foster an ecosystem of innovation." Marion Weissand Michael Manfredi.
