The Ohio State University OARDC Agbioscience Scoping Study

The project consists of creating new facility concepts for a combined Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center (OARDC) and Agricultural Technical Institute (ATI) facility for purposes of entomology research to replace facilities in Thorne Hall and other locations at the Wooster campus, and for teaching laboratory uses to replace those in Halterman and Skou Halls. This will implement collaborative consolidation of facilities and resources between OARDC and ATI. General program, project vision/goals, and data collected in previous studies have already been developed. The purpose of this project is to examine and identify the next steps to phasing the OARDC and ATI facility consolidation of academic and research functions.

Facility concepts include floor plans, building massing, site plans, infrastructure analysis, and conceptual images for fundraising purposes. Conceptual cost estimates are also provided.