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The Johns Hopkins University “Civil and Systems Engineers Careers I” program, which introduces students to the breadth of professional opportunities available to graduates in civil and systems engineering, gives them some real-world experience when they tour the SNF Agora building construction Got a chance to get it. site last month.
Members of the SNF Agora design and construction team—including representatives from the world-renowned architectural firm Renzo Piano Building Workshop, Ayers St. Gross (architect of record), Silman (structural engineer), Whitman, Rickquart & Associates (civil engineer), and Consiglie (construction Managers) – as well as Johns Hopkins Facilities and Real Estate Project Managers – presented to students about the design and architectural and engineering elements of the project.
The building will be located on Wyman Park Drive near the university’s Homewood campus. Students were able to see firsthand how the project’s design relates to construction activities on site, ask questions, and make connections to what they are learning in their engineering courses.
“Certainly our students learn important fundamentals of engineering in the classroom, but there is really no substitute for seeing those fundamentals in practice in a real project,” said associate teaching professor Rachel Sangri, who leads the class. Let’s lead
The glass-encased, LEED-certified building will include faculty offices, laboratories, classrooms, flexible meeting spaces, and a multifunctional conference and event room.
The SNF Agora Institute, established in 2017 with a $150 million gift from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, is an educational and public platform dedicated to strengthening global democracy through powerful civic engagement and informed, inclusive dialogue.
