- Sennott Square
Sennott Square is an academic building at on the campus of the
University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania ,United States . The building designed by the architectural firm JSA [ [http://www.jsa-architects.com/portfolio_pitt_sennott_square.htm JSA: portfolio: educational: Sennott Square - Multi-Purpose Academic Complex, accessdate=2008-08-15] ] was dedicated on September 5, 2002, and was the largest Pitt academic building constructed since 1978. The six-story, 248,000 gross-square-foot facility occupies a city block and is bounded by Sennott and Bouquet streets and Forbes and Oakland avenues. It combines classroom and office space with retail space on the ground floor facing Forbes and Oakland Avenues.The second floor of the building is dedicated to the College of Business Administration, Pitt’s undergraduate business college. Floors three and four are used by the Department of Psychology, while the fifth and sixth levels house the [http://www.cs.pitt.edu/ Department of Computer Science] and the School of Law's Civil Practice Clinic. The building has nine classrooms and two large seminar rooms, including a $400,000 Eli Lilly videoconferencing lab. The first floor is committed to retail space, currently including a
Panera Bread . The facility has 70 short-term parking spaces underground and 18 metered street-level parking spaces. [http://www.umc.pitt.edu/media/pcc020822/sennottdedication.html]From a foundation that incorporates more than one million pounds of reinforcing rods and 575 truckloads of concrete, Sennott Square rises six floors above street level to provide more than convert|117000|sqft|m2 of functional space. The first floor contains nearly convert|17000|sqft|m2 of retail shops with access from Forbes Avenue. On Sennott Street, two parklets with benches and ornamental shade trees provide places to relax. . [http://www.umc.pitt.edu/media/pcc020822/sennottdedication.html] [http://media.www.pittnews.com/media/storage/paper879/news/2002/09/06/News/Chancellor.Mayor.Others.Dedicate.Sennott.Square-1796102.shtml]
The University of Pittsburgh's first building incorporating "green" construction techniques throughout, Sennott Square is environmentally friendly and energy efficient. All carpeting was made from recycled materials, and built-in recycling bins have been installed on every floor. In addition, the building employs computer-based lighting, temperature controls, and other systems to maximize energy efficiency. [http://www.umc.pitt.edu/media/pcc020822/sennottdedication.html]
External links
* [http://www.umc.pitt.edu/tour/tour-370.html University of Pittsburgh Virtual Tour: Sennott Square]
* [http://www.cba.pitt.edu/ College of Business Administration]
* [http://www.cs.pitt.edu/ Department of Computer Science]
* [http://www.psychology.pitt.edu/ Department of Psychology]
* [http://www.pitt.edu/~ciddeweb/classrooms/sensq.html Sennott Square Media Enhanced Classrooms]References
* [http://www.umc.pitt.edu/tour/tour-370.html Sennott Square tour]
* [http://mac10.umc.pitt.edu/u/FMPro?-db=ustory.fp5&-format=d.html&-lay=a&-sortfield=issueid%3a%3aissuedate&-sortorder=descend&keywords=mpac&-max=50&-recid=35687&-find= MPAC]
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