Facts and Figures

Learning and Knowledge Center : 120,000 gsf

  • $90.2M Project Costs
  • Construction Site:  East of the Beckman Building on the current site of the Fairchild Auditorium
  • Demolition of the Fairchild Auditorium in late 2007 or early 2008
    Construction to begin mid 2008
    Completion estimated mid 2010
  • Program:   Classrooms, Lecture Halls, Immersive & Simulation-Based Learning Center, Conference Center, Dean’s Offices, Student Study and Social areas, Building Support.
  • The Li Ka Shing Center for Learning and Knowledge is the first phase of a two phase project. 
  • The second phase is expected to break ground in 2013.

Connective Elements Project

  • Major regional campus planning project with multiple goals:
    • To create a “front door” for the School of Medicine
    • To create a campus plan founded on an academic core and a unifying aesthetic “kit of parts”
    • To develop a significant organizing element for the new campus – an Academic Walk connecting buildings and outdoor areas together and to the University.
    • To construct a central loading dock for the School from which receiving and delivery to the campus can be facilitated through the central tunnel system.
  • $51.5M Project Costs
  • Site:   The front door will be located on what is currently the School of Medicine South Parking Lot
  • Phase 0 and 1A – utilities relocation project. Construction will begin in April 2007.
  • Phases 1B and 1C – will be completed by Mid 2010
  • Program:   New tunnel in front of the CCSR building, new central loading dock located south and just west of the CCSR building and a utilities re-location project that touches every major utility.