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The Center for the Built Environment and Infrastructure Studies (CBEIS) will be 126,000 GSF shared facility for academic engineering and design programs at Morgan State University. The Center will house research and instructional programs for Civil Engineering, Transportation, Architecture, and Planning in a highly collaborative environment within and among these disciplines.

CBEIS is being designed as a gateway building on the northern-most edge of the Morgan State campus. It will also create a strong link with and relate to the existing campus.  The building will also interact with two very different environments: the urban context along Perring Parkway and the natural landscape of the Herring Run Watershed. CBEIS will be the link between these two environments.

Along with the site and the program, Morgan State has mandated that the new facility be at the forefornt of sustainable design practices, utilizing high performance materials and systems, serving, both a demonstration and incubator of responsible planning, design, engineering and cutting-edge technology. The minimum requirement for the CBEIS building is to achieve LEED Silver certification, however, LEED Gold or Platinum certification is being targeted as not only possible, but strongly preferable.

Some of the specific features of CBEIS include:
34 Classrooms/Studios/Computer Labs, 100 Offices, 10 Group Study Rooms, Conference Rooms, Jury Roos, 4 Labs Model Shop, Atrium spaces with skylights, Lounges, Green Roof, Loading/Service and 300 Parking spaces.

CBEIS was designed by The Freelon Group, an architectural firm located in Durham, North Carolina, in association with CSD Architects of Baltimore, Maryland.  The projected occupation date is Fall 2012.  For more information about CBEIS, please contact Mary Anne Akers at 443-885-3225.

To watch the construction of CBEIS, click here.