University of New Hampshire

Spaulding Hall Addition and Renovation

Durham, New Hampshire

Size
44,000 gsf new
70,000 gsf renovation

Services
Programming
Lab planning
Architecture

A new addition and renovations to Spaulding Hall, a 1960s lab and classroom building, support the renewal and expansion of the University of New Hampshire’s teaching and research facilities for biological sciences. The design of the project emphasizes science in action, with on-going research and teaching activity showcased throughout the building. The addition’s new entrance and first floor public gallery, located along a major pedestrian thoroughfare, invite the campus community to experience the work happening inside.

The addition is designed to harmonize within the context of the varying architecture and environments surrounding it—bridging the traditional architecture to the north and the newer, more contemporary aesthetic to the south of Spaulding Hall. Rudman Hall, a research building located across from Spaulding, was Ellenzweig’s first project on the campus, completed in 1995 and also designed to bridge the architectural aesthetics of the campus; that project included the partial renovation of Spaulding Hall.

The addition and renovations provide contemporary teaching facilities for Biochemistry, Cell Culture, Medical Laboratory Science, Anatomy and Physiology, Ecology, Organismal Biology, and Neuroscience; and research laboratories and support space for Psychology, Physiology, and Aquatics. Core lab facilities include microscopy, instrumentation, tissue culture, and controlled environment rooms.

Faculty and graduate student offices, meeting spaces, and social and collaboration spaces are located on each floor. The program also includes flexible, generic research laboratory neighborhoods for future assignment, and new vivarium, insectarium, and herbarium facilities.