The new Anthony S. Fauci Integrated Science Complex is a multidisciplinary science community created by modernizing Haberlin, Beaven, O’Neil and Swords Halls and uniting them with the new Park B. and Linda Smith Hall. A network of new and renovated atria forms a connective spine that aids circulation and visually unites the three levels of the complex. By modernizing and adding existing structures, the College gained a state-of-the-art science complex for approximately $18 million less in project costs than comparably sized new construction.

Glass-walled teaching and research spaces, designed for collaborative, hands-on discovery, bring science out from behind closed doors to those studying or meeting in the variously scaled informal spaces that dot the building. Such “soft spaces” encourage interdisciplinary collaboration by providing inviting space where classroom discussions can carry over, often sparking effective “intellectual collisions.” Majors and non-majors alike feel so comfortable working in this building that they’ve asked for extended hours.