The EYP Architecture &
Engineering-designed Loyola Science Center at the University of Scranton,
Scranton, PA, is one of the country’s most innovative science buildings. The
Center is the largest capital project in the history of the Jesuit university
and the culmination of more than 15 years of planning and preparation. Built on
the ideas of Project Kaleidoscope, a program spearheaded by the National
Science Foundation whose goal is to boost the quality of teaching and
learning in the sciences, the Loyola Science Center features formal
and informal learning spaces designed to promote discussion and
debate. The Center’s layout provides a physical space that encourages
integration among the traditional science, technology, engineering
and mathematics programs, as well as the humanities, to drive
the development of new teaching methods and engage students in
practices that will prepare them for future challenges. Designed to meet
LEED Silver certification, the facility also incorporates a dynamic,
modern design that includes visible glass-walled laboratories, and is one
of a kind in the way it advances collaboration among students
with different interests.