Education / Higher Education
Center for Design Innovation
Winston-Salem State University
WINSTON-SALEM, NC

PARTNER

SRS, Inc.

ARCHITECT

Calloway Johnson Moore & West

SIZE

24,000 SF

DELIVERY

CM@Risk

AWARDS

AIA Award for Architectural Excellence, AIA Winston-Salem Chapter

Samet and SRS, Inc. collaborated with Winston-Salem State University, the UNC School of the Arts, and Forsyth Tech Community College to establish a shared research, design, and classroom facility. This 24,000 SF facility, located on a rehabilitated brownfield site within the Winston-Salem State University campus, offers a modern center that fosters interdisciplinary collaboration encompassing research, technology, art, and science studies.

During the construction of these state-of-the-art buildings, Samet facilitated an on-site Building Information Modeling (BIM) kiosk. This resource provided all involved tradespeople with access to crucial models and drawings. The main facility is built with a structural steel frame, steel deck, and concrete floors, which resulted from formed concrete construction. The adjacent “cube” structure was constructed from twenty 56-foot precast panels, the transport of which required permits from the Department of Transportation.

This was a very complex project with a tight schedule, complex site issues and a surrounding environment that could not be disrupted by the construction process. The Samet team did an incredible job constructing this building with these parameters.

MARK S. RICKHER

PRINCIPAL / Rickher & Sorrell, P.C.