Auburn University School of Forestry
Auburn, Alabama
Cooper Carry is currently designing state-of-the-art classrooms and research facilities for Auburn University’s Forestry & Wildlife Sciences Building—all based on principles of sustainable design. The building will house “The Center for Forest Sustainability,” one of the seven Peaks
of Excellence research centers at Auburn. The building is the first project on the Auburn campus to use the USGBC LEED system to benchmark the design process. The building’s research labs are designed to accommodate applied biology, nursery management, silviculture, and vegetation control; fundamental biological studies emphasizing physiology and ecology; biometrics emphasizing growth and yield of plantations and natural stands; forest engineering and evaluation of systems for mechanized harvesting and site preparation; forest economics emphasizing resource analysis, evaluation of forest practices, and forest policy analysis; and forest products technology and fundamental wood science.
Medical College of Georgia Cancer Center
Augusta, Georgia
Currently in the construction document phase, Cooper Carry has designed a New Cancer Center at the Medical College of Georgia that will house expanding cancer research programs and initiatives. The design reflects an image of cutting edge technology integrated into a warm, comfortable environment ideal for medical research. The conceptual plan provides a high degree of flexibility that sets the stage for a separate detailed programming initiative. The structural grid and core components allow for laboratory planning modules of optimum size and location. The laboratory and lab-support planning zones are large and virtually uninterrupted, all with convenient connections between zones and with easy access to service. The new Cancer Center reflects a pedestrian-friendly attitude consistent with the current campus master plan. The primary facade is an extension of the
streetscape thanks to its high level of transparency.
Cooper Carry prepared the current campus master plan for the Medical College
of Georgia and applied their unique master planning perspective to this Cancer Center project. The firm believes the facility will set a standard for the future of research at the Medical College of Georgia, and more importantly, that it will play
a unique role in the quest for a cancer cure.
Floyd College – Bartow Center
Cartersville, Georgia
Designed as a signature feature of the evolving campus of Floyd College in Bartow, Georgia, the Bartow Center will combine general classroom and administrative needs of Floyd College’s present satellite facilities, Cartersville and Acworth,
into one campus. Although it will initially be a prominent feature of the fledgling campus, the center is designed to “submit” to other structures as the campus evolves. The center is being drawn to create the community feel of a campus
within the context of a modern aesthetic.
Phase I of the two-phase project will create maximum general classroom capacity to service the growing population of Bartow and surrounding counties. Four two-story buildings set in a quadrangle format will house administrative offices, faculty offices, student center, library, classrooms, science lab, lecture rooms, teaching labs and miscellaneous conference rooms. Vehicular routing and surface parking for 480 cars will also be provided. The Cartersville satellite facility will be retained
for the purpose of meeting lower class laboratory needs until Phase II of the
Bartow Center is completed.
ECTC (East Central Technical College) Telecommunications Building
Fitzgerald, Georgia
Master Planning: Cooper Carry was retained to create a master plan with the mission of strengthening the presence of ECTC as a regional leader in telecommunications training and technology. The design of the project is intended to create a new identity for ECTC as a college and campus. The design includes masterplanned quadrants with interconnected landscape spaces intended to
create a sense of place and a more appealing environment, and ultimately to serve
as a catalyst for economic development benefiting students, community and
state interests.
The DTAE-110, Telecommunications Building will be a new 54,000 square-foot facility to train workers in the telecommunications industry. Program components include Technology Labs, Telecommunications labs, technical support areas, Library, Student Center, Multipurpose Lecture Halls, Auditorium and Instructional Offices. The Building will include components to support approximately 700 additional students in day and night classes, and will also be used by businesses and industry in the local area and region beyond. Flexible learning laboratories are anticipated, while learning outside the classroom will be supported through the creation of spaces for encounter and collaboration. The learning laboratories will facilitate technology enhanced Web-based learning. Administration offices will be organized to serve expanded programs. Students, community groups and
business collaboration will utilize multifunction space including an auditorium
and conference rooms.