Philadelphia-based MGA Partners designed, planned and managed the $30 million phased project, which started in 2009 and is now 95 percent complete, according to . Since Jadwin Hall had to remain in operation year round throughout the renovation, the multi-year phasing plan was essential to the project’s success. The project consists of transforming a 1960s-era physics building, originally designed by Hugh Stubbins, into a sustainable building that would serve as a model for future projects.

Home to the university’s physics department for more than 40 years, Jadwin Hall was one of the university’s biggest energy users, Project Manager Cathy Altadonna told The Times of Trenton. A large part of that was because of the extra energy required for scientists to conduct experiments while using fume hoods to keep rooms ventilated where chemicals were being used. Plus, the building was still relying on the same energy plan and heating and ventilation infrastructure that was created for it in the 1960s.

As such, the renovation of Jadwin Hall incorporated a number of sustainable design strategies, which together are projected to achieve a 45 percent reduction in energy consumption. It was designed to maximize the energy efficiency and interior environmental quality of the building, while minimizing disruptions to the ongoing teaching and research activities of the Physics Department.

The new 8,000-square-foot mechanical penthouse, one of the renovation’s key elements, serves the building’s laboratory wing. This addition houses customized air handling equipment with full energy recovery wheels and a dedicated unit with dehumidification that serves the building’s new active chilled-beam system. The construction of the penthouse freed up valuable laboratory space in the basement level. MGA worked with a team of engineers and acousticians to successfully diminish sound and vibration from the new rooftop equipment so as not to impact the sensitive experimentation in the laboratories below.

The outdated heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems throughout the building were replaced with an efficient variable-air-volume (VAV) and active chilled-beam system that incorporates occupancy and demand-controlled ventilation, as well as radiant heating panels around the building’s perimeter. To complement the HVAC improvements, inefficient single-pane window units were replaced with a high-performance, thermally broken window wall system, and closed-cell foam insulation was installed to provide a tighter building envelope.

Other sustainable measures, such as soy-based insulation, plant-based linoleum tiles and daylight-harvesting light sensors — which sense the amount of daylight in a room and dim the lights accordingly — were also factors in the upgrade, Altadonna told The Times of Trenton.

Now, the facility primarily serves as an administration building. MGA created several new lounge spaces with glass walls to pull daylight deeper into the building and encourage interaction and collaboration among faculty.

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The original master plan, known as the Temple 20/20 Masterplan was drafted in 2008 and detailed a pedestrian-friendly housing facility that would help bolster the relationship between the community and students. The new complex answers the plan and is located on the south side of campus on North Broad Street and Cecil B. Moore Avenue and serves as an effective pedestrian gateway to the main campus on the university’s north side.

Construction on the project began in August 2011 and recently reached completion this month. The buildings encompass a full city block and contain a total of 1,275 beds for Temple students. One building is a 27-story residential high-rise with 280,000 square feet. The second building is a mid-rise tower with 10 stories and 260,000 square feet. The third building in the complex is the dining and retail pavilion, with three stories that cover over 53,000 square feet. Additional elements of the project include a 45,000-square-foot terrace and a 40,000-square-foot garage.

The original goal of the project was to create new housing and dining spaces for the university. The surrounding community in north Philadelphia expressed a desire for more students to live back on campus, which helped to spur the planning for the project. While community members wanted students back on campus, they didn’t’ want the university to consume more city space by constructing additional facilities on more land. Because of this, the project team decided to build upwards, resulting in the new high-rise residential towers on campus.

The project team included an experienced group of contractors and design members. Temple signed contracts with the locally based architectural firm MGA Partners and LF Driscoll Co. LLC, while Aegis Property Group was the project manager. The project cost a total of $216 million. The university raised funds for the construction project from a multiple-year income plan devised for room, board and retail rental costs for students.

The project team did face several challenges as construction on the project was underway. One of the main challenges was meeting the need to open the facility for the 2013 academic year while also staying under the budget. The limited area of the site called for significant coordination of logistics as well in order to help the project progress as smoothly as possible. Despite these setbacks, the project was a great success. The team attributes the positive outcome to the strong coordination between the university, MGA, Aegis and Driscoll. 

The new housing and dining complex benefits the surrounding community as well as the students. The high-rise tower buildings stand as a bold statement as pedestrians approach the campus from Center City. It also serves as an effective gateway along Liacouras Walk, the main pedestrian walkway through campus. The food court facility, which includes 13 dining options, is open to the public. It promotes positive pedestrian activity as community members and students stream in and out of the terraced area.

The Morgan Hall construction project has helped liven up Broad Street as well. The adjacent street, which used to be largely unpopulated, is now more vibrant and lively as a result of the new pedestrian center nearby.

The Morgan Hall facilities are the first in a series of projects that will increase the student housing and dining options on campus for the Temple University population.
 

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