Technology Square makes a giant leap forward in the institutes' long-standing mission of engaging and energizing Atlanta’s business community.
Location
Atlanta, Georgia
Completion Date
2005
Area and Attributes
- 13 acres
- 1,100,000 sf - five building complex:
- 189,000 sf Scheller College of Business
- 113,000 sf Global Learning Center
- 252,000 sf Georgia Tech Hotel & Conference Center
- 36,000 sf Economic Development Building
- 50,000 sf Barnes & Noble @ Georgia Tech
- Center for Quality Growth & Regional Development
- 1,500 car parking deck
- Retail/restaurants
Service Type
Full service planning, architecture and interior design
Technology Square reaches into the midtown business district of Atlanta across the downtown connector from the traditional Georgia Tech campus, reconnecting the campus to the city grid and creating an entirely new portal to the Institute. Cantilevered lanterns signal to passersby on the interstate and on the street that this is a special district arrived. Restaurants and retail geared towards students bring new life to the streetscape.
The $122,000,000, five-building campus complex has transformed the three-block site from surface parking lots into a new dynamic urban community. Brightly painted courtyards and the generous use of fenestration symbolize openness and a sense of time and place throughout the design, logically knitting together the Scheller College of Business (LEED Silver), Global Learning Center, Hotel and Conference Center, Barnes & Noble @ Georgia Tech and offices anchored by the Georgia Tech Economic Development Building.
Due to the collaboration of the designers, owner and many users, Technology Square makes a giant leap forward in the institutes' long-standing mission of engaging and energizing Atlanta’s business community.