Syracuse University on Tuesday announced it has selected New York City–based SHoP Architects to design the upcoming National Veterans Resource Complex (NVRC). The school also released renderings of what the complex might look like upon completion in 2019. Photo credit: Syracuse University website.
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse University has picked New York City–based SHoP Architects to “conceptualize” and design the new National Veterans Resource Complex (NVRC).
The selection completes a six-month design competition, Syracuse said in a news release issued Tuesday.
The NVRC, which Syracuse describes as a “first-of-its-kind multi-use facility,” is among the “most transformative” initiatives in the school’s “campus framework” plan.
Syracuse University shared a draft of the plan with the university community on Monday. The NVRC is tentatively scheduled for completion in the spring of 2019.
The NVRC will offer vocational and educational programs designed to advance the economic success of the region’s and the nation’s veterans and military families.
The NVRC is a “key pillar” of the Central New York (CNY) regional economic-development council’s winning proposal titled “Central New York: Rising from the Ground Up.”
The CNY proposal was one of three that the state selected to receive $500 million as part of Gov. Cuomo’s Upstate Revitalization Initiative (URI).
The NVRC will serve as the enduring home of the University’s Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF), which has served more than 48,000 veterans and military families.
The NVRC will house the Syracuse University and Regional Student Veteran Resource Center; the Army Reserve Officer Training Corps; the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps; U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs “Vet-Success on Campus;” the National Center of Excellence for Veteran Business Ownership; Veteran Business Outreach Center and Accelerator; and Syracuse University’s Office of Veteran and Military Affairs, according to the news release.
About SHoP
SHoP Architects has a “wealth of experience” designing buildings in a “variety of settings,” the university noted.
Its founders include Kimberly Holden, Gregg Pasquarelli, Christopher Sharples, Coren Sharples and William Sharples.
SHoP “spearheaded” design work on the Barclays Center in Brooklyn; designed the “miles-long,” East River Waterfront Esplanade in Lower Manhattan; and designed of the Botswana Innovation Hub in Gaborone, Botswana, Syracuse University said.
SHoP is also a finalist among the architecture firms vying for the chance to design the Obama Presidential Library in Chicago.
Representatives from SHoP will now collaborate with Syracuse University leaders to refine the design plans to further align them with the campus framework’s architectural vision.
The school “tentatively” plans to build the NVRC on the western portion of the Waverly block on the Syracuse campus.
Streets that border the block include Waverly Avenue, South Crouse Avenue, Marshall Street, and University Avenue.
Contact Reinhardt at ereinhardt@cnybj.com
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