A GREEN AND WELCOMING CAMPUSThe master plan for the Manhattanville campus has won the U.S. Green

Building Council’s top award for neighborhood development—the first

time the LEED Platinum designation for neighborhood development has

been given to a campus plan in the United States.

The transformation of old industrial blocks into a welcoming and environ-

mentally sustainable center of academic and civic life will be seen in:

• pedestrian-friendly, tree-lined streets offering public access to land-

scaped open spaces

• vibrant street life fueled by culture, retail commerce, local entrepre-

neurs and public art

• green buildings and pedestrian-friendly thoroughfares made pos-

sible by underground parking and loading docks serving the entire

campus

• clean construction practices limit dust, reduce noise, manage pests

and preserve air quality

• truck loading, parking and basic facilities placed underground in-

crease energy efficiency, enhance open spaces and limit traffic and

sidewalk curb-cuts for driveways

AN ACADEMIC CAMPUS BUILT FOR URBAN LIFE

A The Jerome L. Greene Science Center, designed by Renzo Piano Building Workshop with Davis Brody

Bond as executive architect, will be home to Columbia’s Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior

Institute. In addition to state-of-the-art research and teaching facilities, the ground floor of the Greene

Science Center will house retail space and the Center for Education and Outreach, offering a variety of

programs on the brain, mental health, and neuroscience for K-12 students, teachers and the community.

B The Lenfest Center for the Arts, also designed by Renzo Piano Building workshop with Davis Brody

Bond as executive architect, will not only provide a showcase for the creative work of Columbia artists in

film, theatre, visual arts and writing, it will be a venue for deepening partnerships between the School of

the Arts and Harlem’s vibrant cultural community. The center will be the new home of the Miriam and Ira B.

Wallach Gallery—now located on the Morningside campus—for the first time allowing easy public access to

the gallery.

C Columbia Business School will move to the Henry R. Kravis Building and the Ronald O. Perelman

Center for Business Innovation. The location of these innovative buildings, designed by New York architects

Diller Scofidio + Renfro in collaboration with FXFOWLE, will facilitate the business school’s engagement in

economic development and entrepreneurship in Upper Manhattan.

D The University Forum is a multi-purpose venue, designed by Renzo Piano Building Workshop with

Dattner Architects as executive architect that will provide a gateway between campus and community. It will

include a 430-seat auditorium, meetings rooms and University offices.

E Publicly accessible open spaces are central to Columbia’s environmentally sustainable campus plan.

Pedestrian-friendly streets—all of which will remain open—will provide a mix of local dining and shopping

along welcoming pathways to a revitalized Hudson River waterfront.

F Prentis Hall, a one-time milk processing plant from Manhattanville’s industrial era, houses Columbia’s

Center for Jazz Studies, studios for the School of the Arts and offices for the University’s Arts Initiative. The

building next to it at 560 Riverside Drive is faculty and graduate student housing that will have a new lobby

along a vibrant 125th Street.

G The Studebaker Building, once the site of an auto-manufacturing facility, received a LEED Silver award

from the U.S. Green Building Council for Columbia’s renovation, which created environmentally sustainable

spaces for University administration.

A reanimated Twelfth Avenue will have more light and space for sidewalks, with new shopping and dining beside the historic Riverside Drive Viaduct.Pre-construction view of Twelfth Avenue at 130th Street looking north

Columbia’s Manhattanville

campus will be a vibrant center of

academic and civic life, ensuring

that Upper Manhattan remains a

world class center of pioneering

research and teaching. With its

open, environmentally sustainable

design, local retail amenities, and

publicly accessible green spaces,

the campus will provide a new,

pedestrian-friendly connection

between West Harlem and the

scenic West Harlem Piers Park

along the Hudson River. The first

phase of long-term development

includes innovative new buildings

for Columbia’s Nobel Prize-winning

neuroscience, Columbia Business

School, the School of the Arts, an

academic conference center and

new spaces for art, culture and

community.

Pre-construction view from West 131st Street and Broadway looking west As planned, a view of West 131st Street and Broadway looking west

INVESTING IN LOCAL OPPORTUNITYNew York’s seventh-largest private employer, Columbia provides jobs

for more than 17,000 people. More than two-thirds of them live in the

city, and roughly 30% live in Upper Manhattan.

Between August 2008 and September 2013, 42% of Manhattanville

construction spending (or $40.7 million, excluding special construc-

tion services and related materials) was paid to minority-, women- or

locally owned (MWL) firms. And the University’s mentorship program

has worked with professionals from 59 different MWL firms.

The University is exceeding its commitments on construction spend-

ing and hiring goals for the Manhattanville campus: 61% of construc-

tion hours were worked by MWL employees.

Street-level retail and commercial spaces in new University buildings

will be filled with an emphasis on locally owned businesses and con-

sumer needs

Columbia offers job-training sessions both online and in person

through the Employment Information Center, which also maintains

up-to-date information about job openings at Columbia and other

organizations. For more information, contact 212-851-1551 or email

communityjobs@columbia.edu.

Residents of Community Boards 9 and 12 may qualify to receive a

scholarship for the Columbia Health Sciences Award Program, man-

aged by the City University of New York (CUNY), which offers medical

technician training. For more information, email zina-richardson@mail.

cuny.edu or call 212-652-2052.

BUILDING COMMUNITYColumbia has long maintained a wide array of community-based partnerships and programs that

provide education, health care, legal services, economic opportunity, arts and culture to our neighbors

who live and work in Harlem and Washington Heights. That commitment to service and civic

engagement has been expanded and formalized. In the years ahead, the University will invest some

$195 million in funding and in-kind services determined in large part by the community itself. These

vital commitments include:

• Teachers College Community School joins Columbia Secondary School for Math, Science and

Engineering as the second university-supported local public school. When fully enrolled, they will

teach almost 1,000 local children each year in grades K–12.

• A free mobile dental clinic for local pre-school children and on-site dental screening for seniors

• Undergraduate scholarships for local students admitted to Columbia College and the Fu

Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science, as well as scholarships for course

auditing for local community members as well as seniors in Manhattanville and Grant Houses

• Tutoring for local residents working toward a GED and job training opportunities, including

referrals of graduates to Columbia for potential job opportunities

• Free local shuttle bus service for seniors and those with disabilities

• $20 million fund to help preserve and expand local affordable housing

• $76 million for the West Harlem Development Corporation to invest in community needs and

organizations

Like cities themselves,

universities exist so that

a diversity of people can

come together to live

and work in a dynamic

environment that is open

to new ideas and new

opportunity.

Our Shared Future Taking Shape in Manhattanville

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