Higher Ed

The Texas A&M University Intergenerational Learning Center (ILC) is a multi-phase educational, housing, and research project being developed through a public-private partnership between the Texas A&M University System and Stonehenge Holdings and is located on-campus adjacent to a large cluster of student housing. The ILC will also function as a research branch of the Colleges of Medicine, Engineering, and Education creating a collaborative environment between an early childhood development center and senior living.

The new 41,300 SF building provided updated cosmetology instructional labs and support spaces for core cosmetology, aesthetics, and facial specialty programs. Huitt-Zollars’ role was to design an efficient, cost-effective building that would provide the new spaces required for the program and enhance the interaction between buildings and the campus as intended in the master plan.

Huitt-Zollars provided architectural services for the new construction of a 57,650 SF building at San Jacinto College North Campus to house cosmetology and culinary training and certification programs. The Center was designed to replicate a professional salon and restaurant environment to support instruction based on real-world situations, which prepares students to be industry-ready while also creating a positive, engaged perception of San Jacinto College throughout the community.

Huitt-Zollars was the prime architecture consultant for the new student services building at Santa Monica College. The three-story building, with three subterranean levels of parking, consolidated the various Student Services departments into one building located on SMC’s main Pico campus. The goal was to provide centralized access and a one-stop service delivery location to more effectively serve the approximately 35,000 students per year in attendance.

Houston Baptist University’s Cullen Science Center renovation (47,000 SF) and new additions (59,000 SF) will house the College of Science & Engineering (COSE) and the School of Nursing & Allied Health (SoNAH). 

Huitt-Zollars, along with KSQ Architects, was selected to provide MEP and fire protection design for Texas Christian University’s (TCU) Worth Hills Village. Started in 2011, this project consists of six phases to add new residence halls, a dining facility, and 11 new Greek residence houses.

This project consisted of a Public-Private-Partnership or P3 to deliver to the TAMU System a 1,400+, 5-story parking garage in time for the 2016 college football season. Demolition of the former Cain Hall dormitory, which was converted into Student Services offices, began November 16, 2015. The project also required relocating several existing utilities and upgrading some of them to meet the additional demand loads of the new garage and two other new facilities yet to be built.

The 40,000-square-foot student services building addition will provide for expanded student services for a growing student body on San Jacinto College's South Houston Campus. Prominently located as an addition to the main campus building, the project serves as the new entry and public face of the college.

Huitt-Zollars provided architecture services to the newly renovated, 40,000-square-foot Spencer Building, located on the San Jacinto College North Campus. Design Elements include  addition to the front of the building to house the Student Services Center, totaling $6.9 million.  The service center now includes an open computer lab, gathering areas, enrollment services, testing center, financial aid, and a President and Vice President Suite. Huitt-Zollars also improved air quality to reduce operational costs. 

San Jacinto College is developing a curriculum where academics, innovative technology, and private industry join to fill a missing link in advanced vocational training. The new Center for Industrial Technology, sited at the front of campus along the main street, highlights the combination of academia, new technologies, and the workplace.  This project embraces the technology with careful attention to the scale of the existing campus. The building has a large footprint that requires heavy service/ infrastructure and demands flexibility as future workforce needs of the community shift.