Situated in the heart of the Corvallis campus, the Collaborative Innovation Complex will host OSU’s most advanced research infrastructure, with a goal of supporting team-based interdisciplinary research and education.
The Ideation Sessions were sparked by the conversations around the research that may be enabled by the infrastructure and space in the Collaborative Innovation Complex, and further fueled by work in the Research Office to stand up programs that help faculty increase the impact of their research.
Leadership shares progress on siting the Collaborative Innovation Complex and imagining the research infrastructure it will house.
The CIC is envisioned as 150,000 square feet of space that will host OSU’s most advanced research infrastructure, with a goal of supporting team-based interdisciplinary research and education in climate and marine science, engineering, artificial intelligence and computation, materials science and health science.
The goal is to create a welcoming, accessible place that facilitates equity, showcases OSU strengths, creates ready opportunities for cross-connection and collaboration that are inclusive across identities and abilities, and engages with the surrounding community.
Learn more about Oregon State University's Collaborative Innovation Complex here.
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Schematic design process |
Design development stage |
Schematic design reviewed by Board of Trustees | Design development reviewed by Board of Trustees |
Construction documents, bidding and permitting phase |
CIC phase construction begins | Weniger Hall demolished |
The executive committee, Chaired by Provost Ed Feser, will provide oversight for the development of the Collaborative Innovation Complex, including program and concept development, design, and budget.
The steering committee—co-chaired by Erica Fleishman and Brady Gibbons—will work with ZGF Architects to engage the OSU community and further develop initial concepts for the facility program and design.Together, ZGF and the steering committee will provide those recommendations to a project executive committee, which will approve the final program and concept.
While every committee member’s area of expertise will add value to the overall project, each has been asked to keep their role as a university citizen firmly in mind, with a focus on helping OSU program and design a facility that will serve to elevate high impact research across many disciplines and units for a long time to come.