Through a fully integrated, collaborative design process, the 2020 Project incorporated private sector innovation and efficiencies with design, management, financing, and implementation—necessary to achieve the University’s ambitious development schedule while maintaining flexibility within the plan to accommodate future needs. This delivery method deferred initial costs while simultaneously increasing student enrollment. Initiated as a 2015 competition among multifaceted development teams, the 2020 Project was delivered in three phases. The first delivery in 2018 included 700 new on-campus beds, a 600-seat multipurpose dining facility, classrooms, and over 900 new parking spaces. The second delivery in 2019 provided 150,800 assignable square feet with a wet laboratory, dry computational laboratory, and faculty office building. Completed in Fall 2020, the third delivery provides 478,000 assignable square feet that include a wet laboratory, faculty office, and classroom building; 980 new on-campus beds; 630 parking spaces; a conference center; a dedicated transit hub for buses; a new wellness center; an enrollment center; and athletics facilities.

Selective use of vibrant colors enlivens the experience and gives identity to each of the buildings and districts within the extended campus. Classrooms are layered into every building, from residence halls to research facilities. Operational facilities such as the Central Plant are positioned at the center of campus as sustainable learning opportunities for students. The Pavilion, a new social hub fosters social engagement through large light-filled spaces with flexible seating. Research facilities organized into modules of wet and dry laboratories with open circulation networks encourage interdisciplinary collaboration and discovery.