Sitting atop a bluff overlooking the Hudson River and the breathtaking topography of the Hudson Valley, the campus of Marist College in Poughkeepsie, NY, features a rich collection of architecture to go along with its natural surroundings. One of the latest additions is the Ellen M. Hancock Technology Center, the new 57,000-square-foot home for the School of Computer Science and Mathematics located at a focal location on campus. The building was designed with a blend of New York granite for the exterior.
Designed by Robert A. M. Stern Architects, LLP, a firm which previously had created noteworthy additions to Harvard, Stanford, Johns Hopkins and other universities, the $32.5 million project was named for lead donor and Vice Chair of the Marist Board of Trustees, Ellen Hancock, and her husband, Jason. It was designed incorporating an “L”-shaped plan that purportedly “improves the definition of two of the campus’s green spaces, the Hudson Meadow and the Quadrangle.”