Johns Hopkins University, Hackerman Hall (Computational Science & Engineering) and Mason Hall

Baltimore, MD | 2007

Shepley Bulfinch has created a new front door to The Johns Hopkins University. The Decker Quadrangle master plan creates a framework for 250,000 s.f. of new academic space on the Homewood campus. The design reestablishes Homewood's distinctive architectural style while creating opportunities for the buildings to look forward with transparency to the innovative programs within.

The project includes Mason Hall, with a visitors' center and undergraduate admissions office; Hackerman Hall, an interdisciplinary research building for computational science and engineering; and the 604-space underground South Garage. The 75,000 s.f. Hackerman Hall brings together computational medicine with robotics and houses the Center for Language and Speech Processing. The first of its kind at Johns Hopkins, this interdisciplinary science and engineering teaching and research building make researchs within visible from the open air passageway. The 27,000 s.f. visitors' center serves as the primary entrance for prospective students, alumni and other guests to the Homewood campus. The colonnade, with its flanking pavilions, provides access from the new subterranean parking facility and connections to future building sites.

Central to the project is the infrastructure and landscape development of the nine-acre site, with the Decker Quad designed for informal recreation above the underground parking facility. This project extends the open space program developed over the past several years, providing a graceful transition to the surrounding neighborhood.

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