Loyola University

Nursing, Forensic Science, and Chemistry Building

Chicago, Illinois

As one of first critical projects of the LUC campus plan 2030, the NFC building provides a new anchor and campus identifier at the NW corner of the campus, along the primary laklefront arterial street and will provide a visual identifier of the campus to the City beyond.

WTA and their multi-disciplinary team - worked with LUC to program, design, and construct this new facility. Designed as a series of shifting vertical atriums, students accend within the building from one light-filled collaboration space to another. Along the way, the interconnected atrium is flanked with modern laboratory and medical simulation spaces – offering premier learning environments for their increasing enrollment.

The building’s massing and materiality connect to the broader campus aesthetic while responding directly to the interior program. The façade is scaled to address the urban street frontage to the west and steps down to relate to the adjacent neighborhood of single-family bungalows to the north. Building systems have also been designed to accommodate a future connection to a planned student center to the south, positioning the facility as a foundational piece in the continued evolution of Loyola’s lakefront campus.

Project Data

Area/Budget: 190,000sf / $150,000,000

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)