USC Ginsburg Hall’s Living Lab blueprint for AI, robotics, and net-zero computing

USC’s Ginsburg Human-Centered Computation Hall redefines what an AI and computing research facility can deliver functionally and programmatically, and this session draws out best practices to inform similar initiatives. Presenters examine the LEED Platinum Living Lab pairing purpose-built spaces and immersive environments across multiple disciplines — an indoor drone aviary, advanced robotics labs, and fabrication studios — with a passive-first, net-zero-ready envelope. They illustrate the use of a digital twin platform to transform building systems into active research and teaching instruments. They demonstrate how data-driven stakeholder programming unified the Department of Computer Science and the School of Advanced Computing, rounding out USC’s engineering district cluster in strategic interdisciplinary interactive spaces.