Specifications for 'Computech' Building, Jan. 1995
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A building to be located West of Evans Hall
with offices, classrooms, and computer labs for the CS Division.

Looks: simple, modern, high-tech; should fit in with other buildings.
Inside: light, airy feeling; lot's of windows (openable).

Special needs: extensive and flexible communications needs;
close to one hundred wires or fibres into each office;
it should be easy to add new ones.

Hard Campus limit: Gross 100,000 sqft, assignable 60,000 asf.

Budget 30 M$


Program and explicit space needs:
{note: ratio of students, staff, visitors, faculty may change somewhat}
{at the moment it is preferred to cluster all the faculty together}.

40 regular faculty offices (180 asf) {with good views};
close by: room for 20 support staff (75 asf),
and 4 supervisors (150 asf).

20 visiting profs or industrial fellows (90 asf).

250 students and postdoc visitors (60 asf).

Division Chairman's office (300 asf); 
Reception area (500 asf);
2 Senior administrators (150 asf),
Division administration: 8 support staff (75 asf).

4 Technical supervisors (150 asf),
8 Technical support staff (90 asf).


Auditorium >= 100 seats
2 Classrooms >= 50 seats
4 Classrooms, Seminarrooms >= 25 seats
4 Seminarrooms >= 10 seats
6 Open discussion areas (250 asf), at least one on each floor.
Divisional Lounge (1600 asf).

4-6 Computer machine rooms (4500 asf total),
5-7 Research labs, (3600 asf total),
3 Instructional labs (1000 asf),
3 Terminal rooms (400 asf),
Student consulting area, 6-10 cubicles, (1200 asf total).

Storage areas on each floor (200 asf),
Printer/copier rooms on each floor (150 asf),
Kitchenettes on each floor (100 asf);
Central building storage (1000 asf);
Receiving area (1000 asf);
Telecommunications room (600 asf).