Malone Hall
JHU Whiting School of Engineering: Baltimore, MD
Malone Hall’s interdisciplinary research and collaboration goals required a diverse and flexible building, housing innovative research centers including the Department of Computer Science, the Hopkins Extreme Materials Institute (HEMI), and the Johns Hopkins University Information Security Institute. At 69,000-SF, the building blends three levels of flexible computational laboratory, office, and collaboration spaces with one level of wet research laboratories. Information technology systems are prominent throughout, with a central building server room located at the ground floor.
The $26 million project was designed in BIM using the COBie pilot program and achieved LEED Gold certification. Key sustainable building features designed by JPA included a variable-air-volume underfloor air distribution system, radiant heating, a heat re-utilization system, energy recovery systems, LED lighting, daylight harvesting, and sub-metering of power and other building utilities. Central campus chilled water and high-pressure steam utilities were extended both through the underground Decker parking structure and into the building to support the new mechanical systems.
Architect: The S/L/A/M Collaborative
Project Photography: Alain Jaramillo Architectural Photography