Drexel University

Edmund D. Bossone Research Enterprise Center

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Pei Cobb Freed & Partners

The Edmund D. Bossone Research Enterprise Center is a powerful architectural statement reflecting Drexel University’s presence in the vanguard of technology research and education. The program combines 8,000 sm. of new construction with 7,000 sm. of renovated space, creating an integrated facility for multidisciplinary research. The new facility, situated at the gateway to the Drexel campus, was designed to coordinate with campus master planning efforts to strengthen the reading of Drexel as an urban campus and to achieve synergy among researchers, the student body, and the surrounding scientific and corporate communities. The main entry to the building off Market Street is provided by a seven-story, north-facing public atrium, reinforcing the definition of the street while beckoning visitors as a grand entrance to the new facility.