The Fascitelli Center for Advanced Engineering

The 190,000-square-foot facility was designed by architects, Ballinger of Philadelphia.

A view of the glass facade of the Fascitelli Center for Advanced Engineering

In the new building, research is organized by themes: biomedical technology, robotics, clean water for the world, sensors and instrumentation, alternative energy, nanotechnology, advanced materials and structures, and cybersecurity.

A diagonal view of the glass facade, Fascitelli Center for Advanced Engineering

“This building is designed not just to advocate for, but to stimulate interdisciplinary discovery, so that the students can be educated differently, and researchers can collaborate across disciplines.” Terry Steelman, architect.

A view of the upper west facade against the clouds

A $10 million gift from Michael D. Fascitelli ’78 H’08 and Elizabeth C. Fascitelli will significantly advance facilities and programs at the College.

Good design works well from any perspective.

A view of an interior hallway in the Fascitelli Center for Advanced Engineering

Gold colored panels diffuse the light in the interior corridors.

A detail of a gold colored lighting panel in the Fascitelli Center for Advanced Engineering

Detail: panel in an interior corridor.

The smooth concrete hallway reflects the lights from the lighting above.

The smooth concrete hallway reflects passersby and the lights above.

A bright open corridor on the fourth floor shows the building's metal truss support system.

The building’s distinctive metal truss support system eliminates the need for interior support columns and allows for uninterrupted, open interiors.

A staircase leads down to an open seating space on the ground floor level

A staircase leads down to a bright open seating space on the ground floor.

The elegant geometry of the spiral staircase breaks up the long straight lines shapes of the adjacent corridors.

Spiral staircase in the Fascitelli Center for Advanced Engineering

An alternate view of the spiral staircase

A view of a passerby walking beneath the center of the spiral staircase

A unique vantage point from the fourth floor to the ground level

A view of the ground floor corridor with the surrounding landscape reflected in the glass.

Large expanses of glass connect the interior spaces with the sustainable landscaping outside.

A seating area across from classrooms and student meeting spaces

“On any afternoon I’m going to walk into the quad level and see several hundred students working on projects, sitting and talking in small groups. I’ll hear people laughing, people working and discussing. You’ll see undergrads working alongside grad students, working on some of the most extraordinary things you can imagine. What we’ll have here will be as good or better than what you’d find in any university. People are going to be proud of this place and everything that’s going on here.” Dean Raymond Wright

Students and their professor gathered for class in the new engineering facility

The classroom spaces offer a range of options for faculty.

A view inside a classroom through closed blinds

The facility more than doubles the amount of student workshop space, for, engineering societies, student organizations, and capstone projects.

A distinctive oculus adds natural light to enter the building.

A distinctive oculus adds natural light, casting changing compositions of shadows.

The labs on the fourth floor look through an expanse of glass out over the northern tip of the Kingston campus.

A staircase accented by a vivid yellow wall.

A staircase from the ground level is accented by vivid yellow.