Case Study: Dartmouth’s new engineering and computer science center moves beyond convergence

Next-generation university research and education facilities are leveraging new components to go beyond convergence, and this session provides an overview of trends driving the design of tomorrow’s transdisciplinary facilities. Session leaders use a Dartmouth case study to examine the adaptability features necessary to anticipate fast-moving science and unknown futures (including AI), and the advantages for faculty and student recruitment in a very competitive environment. They provide space allocation metrics and rationales for cross-disciplinary exploration, entrepreneurship, design thinking, shared core facilities, and project-based education, and they highlight solutions for reducing environmental impact in high-performance buildings.