DCP CollaboratoryA New Building for UF College of Design, Construction and Planning

IntroductionThis presentation outlines a vision for a new multi-functional building for the College of

Design, Construction and Planning:

DCP Collaboratory

The Need for a New Building• DCP is adopting more collaborative, multidisciplinary approaches to

learning and research, which existing facilities are not designed to support;

• DCP is working to significantly increase its research output but presently lacks the facilities to keep pace with cutting edge technologies;

• DCP aspires to recruit world class faculty and top talented students but it currently lacks the facilities to attract them;

• DCP’s existing facilities are inadequate to meet the growing space needs as student enrollments increase.

DCP Facilities & Locations

CATALYST BUILDING• Downtown Gainesville• Home of the Florida Institute for Built Environment

Resilience (FIBER), a 26-researcher institute.

INFINITY HALL• Off-campus UF-affiliated dormitory

housing the Digital Fabrication Lab• Laser cutters, 3D printers, waterjet

cutter, CNC mill, and fabrication spaces

RINKER HALL• Home of the Rinker School of

Construction Management• Classrooms, offices, BIM lab, materials

labs

FINE ARTS COMPLEX• Architecture and Fine Arts Library,

shared exhibition and lecture halls• DCP studios, offices, spray booth,

woodshopARCHITECTURE BUILDING• DCP administrative home• Dedicated studios, classrooms,

computer lab, offices and gallery

Vision for DCP CollaboratoryA non-territorial, multi-functional building within which a broad

range of collaborative and multidisciplinary learning and research

activities can take place.

- the ‘must see’ building for every visitor to the UF Campus

- exudes the excellent aesthetic, functionality, sustainability and other

qualities that we espouse as a College

Functional Spaces• Creative Collisions Commons (C3 Space) • Research Hub• Digital Modeling and Fabrication Spaces• Large Multipurpose Hall (and seminar rooms)• Educational Spaces• Exterior Workspace

Creative Collisions Commons (C3)• A reconfigurable, multi-functional space within which students,

faculty and staff can collaborate on a formal or informal basis. • Will have a variety of reconfigurable furniture arrangements that

will support individual, small group and medium-sized group interactions.

• Will serve as the College’s ‘Living Room’.

Creative Collision Commons

Research Hub• To house all DCP collaborative research centers and institutes such

that faculty and graduate students can freely exchange ideas and

work collaboratively to undertake research.

• The Hub will have hot-desking facilities for graduate students, with

shared meeting, collaboration and refreshment facilities for the

research centers.

Research Hub

Digital Modeling and Fabrication Spaces

• Will enable larger multidisciplinary groups of students to work together on digital models, simulations, and fabrication.

• Fab Lab• Woodshop• Metal Shop• Automation and Robotics Lab• Virtual Design and Construction Lab (including VR station)• Lighting and Color Relativity Lab• Acoustics Assembly and Testing

Fabrication Space

Virtual Design and Construction Lab

Large Multipurpose Hall and Seminar Rooms• A large multi-purpose hall that is able to accommodate lecture

audiences of 150 – 200 (the College currently has no such facility). • Will serve as exhibition/gallery space with a mixture of permanent

and changing displays. • Should have retractable dividers that can split the hall into several

smaller seminar rooms for various College or academic unit functions.

Multi-Purpose Lecture Hall and Gallery/Review Space

Educational Spaces• Will offer instructional laboratories and collaborative studios with a

number of physical and technological capabilities to support design-based learning and teaching.

• Includes flexible furniture, multiple displays and inputs, built-in video conferencing, rolling panels that can be used for pinups, space dividers, etc.

Educational Spaces

Exterior Workspace• An outdoor multipurpose covered space that can support many

different kinds of activities such as maker space, group work, discussion, collaboration and engagement.

• The space should be equipped with flexible, multipurpose furniture that adapts to a group’s or individual’s task.

Multi-purpose Exterior Hallway Through Building

Additional Considerations• Facility should meet applicable LEED and WELL Building standards• Facility should be a living, learning laboratory for our students:

• Some exposed construction elements• Reconfigurable building systems

• Student groups need to track the project from design to completion• A digital twin of the facility will be needed