Cornell Tech Campus

When a partnership of Cornell University and the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology won the New York City-sponsored competition to build an expansive applied sciences campus, AKRF rose to the occasion in preparing a complex, fast-paced CEQR Environmental Impact Statement for the $2 billion, 2 million-square-foot project on Roosevelt Island. The campus was master planned by SOM and James Corner Field Operations.

We also led transportation planning studies for the institution, prepared an island-wide bicycle master plan, and developed conceptual plans to construct a bicycle-only ramp to the Roosevelt Island Bridge.

Prior to awarding the contract to Cornell-Technion, AKRF conducted environmental site assessments and infrastructure assessments of three potential campus sites and provided design review support related to gas and electrical service coordination with Con Edison once Roosevelt Island was selected.