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SkySong: ASU Scottsdale Innovation Center
Arizona State University

Scottsdale, Arizona
In progress

Lead Designer:  Henry N. Cobb

Center for new technology and innovation
 

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The Arizona State University Foundation and the developers of the 37-acre SkySong project share a vision for a unique mixed-use environment that will serve the needs of business, research, the technology industry and academia, and build networks connecting university innovations and the global technology industry.

Located at the intersection of Scottsdale Road and McDowell Road, it is a place where the university, businesses, and private-sector researchers will jointly develop, commercialize, and market new technologies and where technology experts and entrepreneurs will interact. The SkySong Center will consist of approximately 1.2 million square feet of development in multiple buildings within an urban environment that includes plazas, landscaped open spaces, and a boulevard. It is envisioned to have a wide range of land uses to create a mixed-use (live, work, and learn) environment.

The phase-one and phase-two office buildings orient toward a landscaped boulevard and create the background setting for the public realm. They are lined with shops and restaurants at the ground floor, with offices above. The setback at the upper level, as well as the articulation of the ground floor retail, provides a lively interface with the street. The iconic SkySong shade structure anchors the central plaza, offering shade and a place for gathering and the lively interaction of tenants, visitors, students, and neighbors.

Major Components

Master Plan: Rezoning provides maximum building floor area ratio (FAR) of 0.8, building height limit of 60 ft., approximately 1.2 million s/f of development. Program includes office, retail, residential, hotel. Parking: surface initially, with structured parking occurring as  development intensity increases. Parking provided at one space per 300 s/f of commercial development.

Phases One and Two: two 150,000-s/f office buildings; SkySong shade structure

Pei Cobb Freed & Partners services

Predesign, Zoning, Master Plan, Architectural Services through design development, coordination with associate architect on construction documents and construction administration

Associate Architect

DMJM Design, Phoenix, Arizona

Structural

Paul Koehler Consulting Structural Engineers, Inc., Scottsdale, Arizona

Mechanical/Electrical/Plumbing/Energy Consultant

Energy Systems Design MP&E Engineers, Phoenix, Arizona

Landscape

Ten Eyck Landscape Architects, Inc., Phoeniz, Arizona

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