University of Pennsylvania, School of Veterinary Medicine, Vernon and Shirley Hill Pavilion

Employing a novel approach to laboratory planning, traditional partitions between workstations are eliminated, maximizing daylight to the labs and increasing visibility among the community of students and researchers.

Reinforcing the connection between research and instruction, the library and a variety of spaces for interaction allow students and faculty to gather, socialize, study and collaborate. The ground floor is organized as an open lobby and lounge, connecting the major lecture halls and seminar rooms.

The lounge opens to a landscaped terrace and plaza that initiate the series of green spaces that form Woodland Walk.

The Hill Pavilion participates in the campus’s rich tradition of Collegiate Gothic architecture, with its bold expression of its pre-cast structural frame and reflective, iron-spot brick in-fill panels. A continuous clerestory window above patterned glass reestablishes the traditional academic scale within the much larger unit of the laboratory floor, aligning the scale of the building with adjacent academic buildings.