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Release date: Oct. 7, 2002
Contact: Nancy Seideman, Director, University Media Relations,
at 404-727-0640 or nseidem@emory.edu
Emory University Mathematics and Science CenterFact Sheet
Construction of the building began in January 2001 and opened on schedule for 2002 fall semester classes. Atlanta architecture firm Cooper Carry designed the center, which was built by The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company. The building cost $40 million and is 138,000 square feet. Nearly 25 percent of the building is used for laboratory space, with 17,055 square feet devoted to teaching labs and 15,918 square feet for research labs. Space designated specifically for classrooms occupies more than 21,600 square feet, or 16 percent of the building. The center houses the universitys first planetarium, with seating for 60. A rooftop classroom features an observatory with a five-foot-long, 24-inch diameter telescope, valued at $250,000. A 180-seat teaching auditorium has the space and technology to conduct physics experiments, including a catwalk at the ceiling level from which to suspend a pendulum for demonstrations. About 9,000 square feet of Pennsylvania Bluestone slate was used for walkways in and around the building. Pink marble trim used on the outside of the building came from Elberton, Ga. The exterior of the building was constructed with cast stone from Cobb, Ga. Cast stone is a highly refined, pre-cast concrete building stone manufactured from a mixture of cement with coarse and fine particles to simulate natural stone. 3,200 gallons of paint were used to paint the interior.
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