Los Angeles and Fort Lauderdale-based architecture firm Brooks + Scarpa has designed the new Bruno E. and Maritza F. Ramos Collaborative Building in Florida, in the southeastern United States.

Brooks + Scarpa's project will add 4645.15 m² to the existing College of Construction and Design Planning building at the University of Florida, which will also be redeveloped by the US firm.
The new building designed by Brooks + Scarpa will house a multifunctional and reconfigurable space in which students, faculty, and staff can interact formally or informally. It will also contain research facilities for the DCP faculty.

The Digital Modelling and Fabrication Space will provide students with facilities ready for the creation and study of digital models, simulations, and 3D printing as well as spaces for geospatial simulation and a virtual reality lab. Finally, the project also includes a new multi-purpose hall that will be able to accommodate an audience of 150 to 200 people.
 

Description of project by Brooks + Scarpa

05 October 2022  Gainesville, FL - Los Angeles and Fort Lauderdale based design firm Brooks + Scarpa has broken ground on the new $32 mil Collaboratory Building for the University of Florida’s School of Design Construction and Planning . BROOKS + SCARPA was selected from a finalist group that included NADAAA, Michael Maltzan Architects, Bohlin Cywinski Jackson and Schenkel Shultz.

The multiple-award-winning firm, which principals Lawrence Scarpa and Angela Brooks received the 2022 National AIA Gold Medal, has designed an array of innovative projects that include the Southern Utah Museum of Art, Mennello Museum of American Art, Orlando, FL and the CAM Museum in Raleigh, North Carolina. Brooks + Scarpa  is known for its sustainable design approach and creative use of everyday materials in unique applications.

“The College is thrilled to be working with BROOKS + SCARPA on this important new building for our campus. This innovative facility is critical to the future of DCP and will strengthen collaborative working across all the built environment disciplines in the College”.

- Dean Chimay Anumba.


The  Collaboratory will add nearly 50,000 square feet to the existing College of Design Construction and Planning building,  which will also undergo a significant remodel.  The new building will include reconfigurable, multi-functional space which students, faculty and staff can collaborate on a formal or informal basis,  Research Hubs, which will  house all DCP research centers and institutes such that faculty and graduate students can freely exchange ideas and work collaboratively to undertake high impact research that shapes the world that we live in by addressing critical societal challenges.  Digital Modeling and Fabrication Space will enable larger multidisciplinary groups of students to work together on digital models, simulations and 3D printing in purpose-designed facilities. Large-scale facilities for geospatial modeling and simulation, as well as a virtual reality lab, will also be contained in this space.  A new  Multipurpose Hall (and seminar rooms) will be  able to accommodate lecture audiences of 150 – 200.  The building is anticipated to be completed in early 2025.

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4,645.15 sqm more to the existing College of Design Construction and Planning building.
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€ 32,016,480.
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2022 - Start of construction.
2025.- Estimated completion.
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Gainesville, College of Design, Construction and Planning, University of Florida, Florida, United States of America.
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Brooks + Scarpa is a collective of architects, designers and creative thinkers dedicated to enhancing the human experience. Honored with the 2014 Smithsonian Cooper- Hewitt National Design Award, the firm is a multi-disciplinary practice.

Founded in 1991 as Pugh + Scarpa, the firm changed its name in 2010 to reflect the current leadership under Angela Brooks, FAIA and Lawrence Scarpa, FAIA. Today, Brooks + Scarpa is a 25 person interdisciplinary practice involved in rigorous design and research that yields innovative, iconic buildings and urban environments.

With more than one hundred significant national and international awards and thousands of publications awards include; the Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award, National and State of California American Institute of Architects Firm Award, The Lifetime Achievement Award from AIA California Council and Interior Design Magazine, Architectural Record Houses, Architectural Record Interiors, The World Habitat Award and The Rudy Brunner Prize. 

The firm’s work has been exhibited worldwide including venues such as The Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles, The National Building Museum, Portland Museum of Art, the Gwanju Bienale and has also appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show.
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Published on: November 8, 2022
Cite: "Bruno E. and Maritza F. Ramos Collaboratory Building in the University of Florida’s College of DCP by Brooks + Scarpa" METALOCUS. Accessed
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