With this building, Carnegie Mellon University has created an articulated point of arrival for visitors and students at the campus’s western boundary. A stand-alone structure, the building supports cutting-edge education and research by CMU’s faculty and students, houses state-of-the-art facilities, and provides collaborative space for the CMU community. It provides areas for Tata Consultancy Services staff to interact with CMU faculty, staff, and students, and includes purposeful outdoor and indoor spaces to enhance interaction.

The new building, poised to be a physical manifestation of both TCS and CMU’s commitment to sustainability, includes key programmatic components such as a large public lobby, ground floor university retail space, versatile technology spaces that push the boundaries of design practice, and an intentional and transitional dynamic between Craig Street’s commercial district and campus proper in Pittsburgh’s urban context.