Loyola University

Integrated Science Building

Chicago, Illinois

As the first new building to emerge from Loyola University Chicago’s Campus Plan 2030, the Integrated Science Building establishes a new anchor for the lakefront campus at its northwest corner. Positioned along a primary arterial at the campus edge, the building is conceived as both gateway and connector: a visible institutional presence to the city and a carefully scaled neighbor to the residential context to the north.

The project brings together a broad range of academic programs within a single vertical community. The first four floors serve the College of Arts and Sciences with research chemistry laboratories, general chemistry teaching labs and classrooms, and specialized organic chemistry and forensic science laboratories. Above, the upper two floors house the Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing simulation center, including task training rooms and a high-fidelity nursing suite. Eight general registrar classrooms distributed throughout the building further establish it as a center of daily student activity and learning.

A series of stacked atriums organizes the building in section, connecting students across floors and drawing daylight deep into the interior. These linked volumes create views into and through the building’s varied teaching, research, and simulation environments, making the life of learning visible throughout.

Designed in collaboration with a diverse multidisciplinary team, the project advances Loyola’s broader campus vision while pursuing LEED Gold certification.

Project Data

Area/Budget: 195,000sf / $160,000,000

Scope: New 6-story academic center combing laboratory research space, technically rich classrooms, high fidelity medical simulation rooms, faculty offices and student gathering space.

Pursuing LEED-NC Gold Certification

Project Team: Andy Tinucci, John Castro, Cecilia Charney, Helen Leach, Waylon Richmond, Bomin Park, Brian Foote

Perkins & Will (associate architect, lead for interior programming, planning & design); Affiliated Engineers (MEP/FP); SR+A (structural); Terra Engineering (civil); TGDA (landscape); SM&W (AV/IT/acoustics); Jensen Hughes (code consultant); Lighthive (lighting); Power Construction (construction manager)