Farmingdale State College School of Architecture & Environmental Design + Dormitory

40 Hill Street, Glen Cove, NY 11542
Site Area: 9.25 Acres
Project Type: Academic / Residential / Sustainable Campus Design

Project Overview

This project proposes a new School of Architecture and Environmental Design with an integrated student dormitory on a 9.25-acre off-campus site in Glen Cove, New York. The project reimagines an existing property as a sustainable academic and residential campus that connects education, community, environmental stewardship, and construction management.

The design responds to the site's physical, environmental, cultural, and regulatory conditions, creating a site-specific campus that serves as both a place for learning and a living demonstration of sustainable architecture and site development.

Project Goals

The proposal focuses on developing an innovative and sustainable campus environment that:

Integrates academic, residential, and community-oriented spaces.
Responds to the site's existing conditions and surrounding context.
Incorporates sustainable building and site-design strategies.
Creates opportunities for students to engage directly with architectural and construction processes.
Coordinates multiple buildings as a cohesive campus rather than as isolated structures.
Considers constructability, cost, scheduling, safety, and environmental impact from the beginning of the design process.

Design + Preconstruction

The project combines architectural design with construction management, requiring coordination between individual building designs and the overall site plan. Architectural design development considers program, context, circulation, sustainability, and relationships between buildings.

The preconstruction management component addresses:

Site Analysis

• Regulatory Review

• Cost Estimating

• Scheduling

• Procurement

• Constructability

• Sustainability

• Site Logistics

• Safety Planning

• Preconstruction Documentation

The final proposal demonstrates how design and construction management can work together from the earliest stages of a project, creating a campus that is functional, buildable, sustainable, and responsive to its environment.

Exisiting Site

School of Architecture and Environmental Design – minimum project criteria.

1. Seven studio classrooms for 20 students in each

2. A dedicated “crit” space

3. Technology-enhanced classrooms and labs as needed

4. Outdoor construction area where the students build a full-scale two-story house

5. Consider other necessary spaces, such as department offices and restrooms, as needed

6. Circulation = 10-15%

Dormitory

1. Examine space for the maximum number of beds in single, double, and suite configurations

2. Laundry room

3. Study lounge

4. Cafeteria/dining hall

5. Restrooms as needed

6. Front office

7. Vending machine area

8. Room for a live-in advisor

9. Circulation = 10-15%

Precedent Studies

1. Bloomberg Center at Cornell Tech

Bloomberg Center at Cornell Tech
Morphosis / Thom Mayne
Roosevelt Island, New York | 2017 | 160,000 SF

What I studied

Net-zero energy strategies
High-performance façade
Photovoltaic roof
Open-plan collaborative learning
Daylight-driven interiors

The Bloomberg Center informed my approach to creating collaborative academic spaces and using daylight as a major component of the learning environment.

2. The Hive

The Hive
Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios
Worcester, United Kingdom | 2012 | 160,000 SF

What I studied

Beehive-inspired architectural form
Natural ventilation
Daylighting
Integration of public and university programs
Warm timber interiors

The Hive influenced my consideration of how academic spaces can connect with public functions and create a stronger sense of community within the building.

3. Rolex Learning Center

Rolex Learning Center
SANAA
Lausanne, Switzerland | 2010 | 215,000 SF

What I studied