Morgridge Hall
University of Wisconsin-Madison

Location

Madison, Wisconsin

Owner

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Collaborators +

Project Size

327,000 square feet

Project Status

In Progress

Certifications

Targeting LEED New Construction Platinum

Services

Architecture, Interior Design, Planning

Morgridge Hall aims to be a lighthouse for innovation at the intersection of technology and humanity. In addition to housing the CDIS departments of Computer Sciences, Statistics and the Information School, Morgridge Hall will also be home to the Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, the American Family Insurance Data Science Institute, the internationally recognized Center for High Throughput Computing and the N+1 Institute. The project will enable diverse stakeholders to collaborate, teach and discover, and will be a destination for industry partnerships, foster K-12 outreach and expand programmatic and research relationships on campus and beyond.

The architecture has been organized to enable three key ecosystems to flourish together—a Research Ecosystem, a Learning Ecosystem, and a Student Ecosystem. A daylit flexible community space named “The Heart”, vertically connected across all levels, fills the center of the building, creating visual and physical connections. The Heart is punctuated by collaboration spaces and specialty research hubs to promote interaction and innovation, and to showcase the discoveries happening each day. Human comfort and inspiration are the foundation of a biophilic design approach incorporating Wisconsin imagery and a mix of interior and exterior landscaping across every level. The design is intended to facilitate intellectual collisions—across Departments and campus, between faculty and students, and across the institutional boundary—that underlie the mission.