University of Pennsylvania Amy Gutmann Hall

Client: University of Pennsylvania
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Architect: <a href="https://www.lakeflato.com/higher-education/university-pennsylvania-data-science-building/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> Lake | Flato
Size: 120,000 SF

Philadelphia’s first six-story mass timber building

Gilbane is providing preconstruction and construction management services for the University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Sciences’ (SEAS) new Data Science Building. The building, which will be located at the corner of 34th and Chestnut Streets, will serve as a hub for cross-disciplinary collaborations that harness expertise, research, and data across Penn’s 12 schools and numerous academic centers. Upon completion, the Data Science Building will centralize resources that will advance the work of scholars across a wide variety of fields while making the tools and concepts of data analysis more accessible to the entire Penn community.

Project Overview

Features include collaborative spaces, a data science hub, research centers for new socially aware data science methodologies and novel, bio-inspired paradigms for computing, and laboratories
Building will connect occupants with the natural environment by incorporating sustainable elements like mass timber.
Using mass timber will reduce the building’s carbon footprint by 52% relative to concrete and 41% relative to steel

“I do believe [this building] will be the perfect embodiment of our Penn Compact, to promote inclusion, to drive innovation, and have the utmost positive impact on our community, our society, and our world.”
Amy Gutmann
Former President
University of Pennsylvania