Encompassing Campus: How to Manage a Portfolio of Buildings
College campuses encompass a lot of needs. They need to deliver the best environments for learning, from adaptable classrooms to innovative laboratories. They need to deliver athletic facilities that nurture student athletes and top-of-the-line venues for them to achieve in. They house students, offices, and a wide variety of facilities all with their own unique needs, specifications, and maintenance requirements. They are effectively mini-cities with a wide range of needs and stakeholders involved in decision-making.
From the classrooms to the gymnasiums and venues students learn and grow in, Henderson provides adaptable design solutions for higher education facilities. We give facility managers a holistic view of building performance to keep these spaces running optimally.
With more than 650 projects on 110 campuses nationwide, our experienced team brings to life higher education spaces, including 71 projects for Arizona State University (ASU). Ranked #1 in innovation for 11 consecutive years and ranked the #1 institution in the U.S. for its work toward the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, we’ve helped ASU stay at the forefront with our commitment to innovative design.
Preserving History at Gammage Auditorium
Designed by renowned architect Frank Lloyd Wright, the Gammage Auditorium is the only public project in Arizona commissioned by Wright. Built in 1964 and designated on the National Register of Historic Places, Gammage needed modern updates. We designed new elevators, emergency ramps, restrooms, and other ancillary improvements to enhance the visitor experience and preserve Wright’s design.
ASU re-engaged Henderson to perform an existing heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system analysis followed by an in-depth design process for large scale equipment replacement for many of the building’s core HVAC units. We needed to replace these units, some of which were original to the building’s original buildout, without disrupting existing building architecture. Henderson Building Solutions executed this surgical design with minimal disruption to the building and minimal downtime to the venue.
Mullett Arena provides electric fan experiences in the front, all supported by world-class engineering in the back.
This arena is a multi-purpose facility, hosting NCAA Division 1 hockey, gymnastics, and wrestling teams. It includes two regulation-size ice sheets: one for main events and another for practice and other purposes.
Furthering the complexity, the Arizona Coyotes approached ASU as a potential shared tenant to the facility for NHL games temporarily. This NCAA venue needed to be NHL ready. A stand-alone new locker room to house the home and visitor NHL teams was constructed along with a new TV truck pad setup to permit multiple trucks for NHL broadcast. Enhancements to the ice rink design and plant design were incorporated along with added cameras and rink lighting.
Design Solutions for Higher Education
University Gateway Building brings retail and restaurant spaces together with academic spaces and classrooms sustainably. Since July 2006, ASU completed 58 certified LEED projects, including this one, which is LEED Silver certification. Our approach to sustainable and regenerative design has helped create ASU facilities that build a better world and maximize energy efficiency. Our mechanical and energy modeling teams worked closely with the architectural team to design a building envelope that worked to maximize daylight exposure within the space while minimizing solar heat gain into the spaces through thoughtful shading and glazing product selections. The mechanical, electrical, plumbing (MEP) systems connect to ASU’s Energy Information System (EIS), which monitors energy consumption and generation across all ASU campuses throughout the valley. Whole-building airside energy recovery and demand-controlled ventilation reduce the cooling and heating demands in the harsh desert climate. Wrapped around the Mill Avenue Parking Garage, another Henderson project, the University Gateway Building shares the same building systems as the garage. Careful coordination across both projects and the surrounding campus was paramount. The mechanical plant room is in the parking garage and tied into the campus utilities. Our design helps support ASU’s sustainability and capital improvement goals, with provisions made for the mechanical plant room to tie-in to a future ice storage central plant located below the garage.
Preserving History at Gammage Auditorium
Designed by renowned architect Frank Lloyd Wright, the Gammage Auditorium is the only public project in Arizona commissioned by Wright. Built in 1964 and designated on the National Register of Historic Places, Gammage needed modern updates. We designed new elevators, emergency ramps, restrooms, and other ancillary improvements to enhance the visitor experience and preserve Wright’s design.
ASU re-engaged Henderson to perform an existing heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system analysis followed by an in-depth design process for large scale equipment replacement for many of the building’s core HVAC units. We needed to replace these units, some of which were original to the building’s original buildout, without disrupting existing building architecture. Henderson Building Solutions executed this surgical design with minimal disruption to the building and minimal downtime to the venue.
Creating Engaging, Memorable Venues
Mountain America Stadium sets the standard for fan experience and athletes in the Pac-12 Conference. Henderson led the building systems design through a five year, four-phase renovation of Mountain America Stadium. The university needed 365-day use out of various portions of the facility throughout construction. With precise planning and sequencing of construction, most of the work was completed between football seasons keeping systems online that could not be taken offline as a result. Not a single game was postponed or relocated because of the renovation. The iconic Pat’s Run was completed each year with the stadium remaining as the core start/finish line. Mountain America Stadium is a feast for the senses with a state-of-the-art sound system, a premiere video board, extensive accessibility enhancements, and more. A new world-class training facility, locker room, weight room, meeting rooms and offices, and treatment facility support the players, coaches, and staff. Through teamwork of our mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire and life safety (MEPF), acoustics, architectural lighting, and telecom engineers, this stadium supports athletes and fans alike. Our architectural lighting design won an Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) National Award of Merit.
Mullett Arena provides electric fan experiences in the front, all supported by world-class engineering in the back.
This arena is a multi-purpose facility, hosting NCAA Division 1 hockey, gymnastics, and wrestling teams. It includes two regulation-size ice sheets: one for main events and another for practice and other purposes.
Furthering the complexity, the Arizona Coyotes approached ASU as a potential shared tenant to the facility for NHL games temporarily. This NCAA venue needed to be NHL ready. A stand-alone new locker room to house the home and visitor NHL teams was constructed along with a new TV truck pad setup to permit multiple trucks for NHL broadcast. Enhancements to the ice rink design and plant design were incorporated along with added cameras and rink lighting.