The University of Rochester’s new 15,000-square-foot Student Life Building will integrate gathering, performance and community spaces into the River Campus hillside. | Photo Credit: CetraRuddy
- Construction is underway on a 15,000-square-foot facility designed by CetraRuddy following an Oct. 1 groundbreaking.
- Campuswide gathering and performance spaces will share the building with Hillel and the Greenbaum Center for Jewish Life.
- The hillside project is the first new building in a broader plan to transform a parking lot into green campus space.
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The University of Rochester has broken ground on a 15,000-square-foot Student Life Building designed by CetraRuddy, combining campuswide gathering and performance spaces with a new home for the Greenbaum Center for Jewish Life.
The project, which marked its formal groundbreaking Oct. 1, is under construction on the university’s River Campus. It will be the first new building developed through a broader master plan to replace an existing parking lot with a green center for campus activity.
The building will occupy a hillside on the university’s Olmsted-designed campus. Its layout is intended to improve pedestrian connections while providing areas for studying, collaboration, events and informal interaction…