Student Activity Center
Completion Date August 1999
Published March 2001
The Student Activity Center at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM) is the culmination of a long-range Campus Master Plan. It was essential that the design of the project address certain key elements to successfully integrate the building onto the campus. First, emphasize the placement of the building as the main portal to the campus. Second, as an annex to an existing 300'+ long office building that had limited architectural characteristics, validate the Center's own unique identity while respecting the other building's components. Minimalism became a powerful framework for the design of the Student Activity Center. The choice of a few strong concepts and details defined the new building located on a constricted site. The project successfully integrates the diverse elements of the existing campus.
The massiveness of the structure shaped by the predetermined location of the basketball court could have been overwhelming. The entrance façade became a canvas; keeping the strength and volume of the construction, while incorporating a gentle and subtle conversion to a flat plane. This was accomplished through the use of color, bold yellow and cobalt blue, and the geometric pattern of glass block fenestration that penetrates the façade. As with the exterior of the building the choice of strong concepts and details define the interior of the Student Activity Center.
The state-of-the-art facility serves as the permanent practice site of a major professional basketball team, the Philadelphia 76ers, now an integral part of life at PCOM. The four-level complex includes features such as an NBA-regulation court, private coaches; offices; a media room; private training and locker rooms; and height-adjusted weight machines. The design of the interior space allows the Sixers to have privacy and the PCOM students to have full access to the areas that they need to use. Students at the college will benefit from the aerobics room, racquetball courts, a rooftop multipurpose court, and a beautiful lounge, game room, and multimedia room. The second floor lounge is a place for relaxation in busy medical students' lives and also offers opportunities to socialize in the game room.
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Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine |
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Owner Contact:
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Dr. Leonard R. Finkelstein, President & CEO
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Building Location:
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Philadelphia, PA UNITED STATES
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Project Type:
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New Construction
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Principal Building Function:
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Student Activity Center |
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Project Timeline
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| Feb 1998 | Planning Start |
| Apr 1998 | Design Start |
| Jul 1998 | Construction Start |
| Aug 1999 | Completion |
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Last known status: Completed
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| Project Cost: |
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$9,000,000 |
| Construction Cost: |
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$7,475,359 |
| Cost Per Sq. Ft: |
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$135 |
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About These Cost Figures
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Project Includes:
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Education
Education: Multimedia
Education: Student Center
Healthcare: Medical School
Office
Sports Facility
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| Total GSF: |
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55,412 |
| Total NSF: |
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36,800 |
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66% |
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Building Population:
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1023
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People Density:
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54 gsf/person
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Special Equip:
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Physical exercise equipment, hydro therapy, audio visual
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Planning Module:
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28' x 24'
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Power Req:
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14 w/sf
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HVAC Req:
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1.5 cfm/nsf
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Structure/Foundation:
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Braced-frame steel with concrete spread footings
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| Profile Created 03/31/2001 |
| Last Updated 04/04/2006 |
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The cost figures reported are supplied by the firms that submitted these
projects for publication, which in most cases are the designers or builders.
Whereas these sources are intimately familiar with their projects, they may
not be fully aware of the owners' finally-realized and recorded costs. In some
cases, costs are truly and completely accounted for, and in others they represent
a near approximation of the final costs. Costs have not been adjusted for
year of construction, nor has any attempt been made to make regional cost
adjustments.
Further, costs are not comparable on any kind of detailed standard costing model.
Hence, it is possible for the cost of one building to include a steam boiler, while
the cost of a comparable building might not include the boiler, if steam is being
supplied from an already existing campus grid. Or, in another case, a building might
include excess boiler capacity to supply steam to another building. Some submittals
include fees or unusual site improvements as part of the construction costs, which
others do not.
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Student Activity Center Photo courtesy of Granary Associates © Tom Crane Photography Notes:
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