Franciscan University of Steubenville Academic Building

  • Steubenville, OH
  • 110,700 sf

Project Scope

Ground-Up
Christ the Teacher is a new academic building and event center with two wings, attic, and mechanical basement. Construction included caissons, grade beams, structural steel, masonry and cold-formed framing, brick veneer, cast stone, curtainwall, storefronts, and both flat and sloped Galvalume roofing.
Interdisciplinary
The building features a Welcome Center, conference center, lecture hall, nursing SIM labs, (8) engineering labs (maker spaces, machine shop, manufacturing, and heat transfer lab), chapel, event space, exterior plaza, and cafe.
Integrated Systems
Specialty construction included a commercial kitchen, extensive A/V and lighting, and independent mechanical systems.

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A multi-story brick institutional building with a central tower and a paved path leading through a grassy lawn under a blue sky.
A modern building with a curved glass facade and a brick entrance section under a blue sky.
A multi-story brick building with arched windows, a terrace, and an outdoor staircase leading to a second-floor entrance.
A chapel interior with an altar, a crucifix, and two statues of saints in niches, flanked by rows of wooden chairs.
A medical simulation room with two hospital beds, each occupied by a medical training mannequin.
A classroom featuring rows of tables and chairs, wall-mounted screens, and whiteboards.
A modern science classroom featuring modular tables with blue stools, an orange accent wall, a whiteboard, and exposed industrial ceiling pipes.
An office lobby with brick archways, lime green chairs, and a kitchen island with stools.
Meeting area with two circular tables, blue chairs, and one orange accent chair, surrounded by floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking a parking lot and campus buildings.
A tiered university lecture hall with rows of desks facing a podium and a large projection screen.
A long wooden conference table surrounded by green leather chairs in a room with a slatted wood ceiling and large windows.
A commercial kitchen featuring stainless steel work tables, a double-stack convection oven under a ventilation hood, and an upright refrigerator.

Project Details

Owner Franciscan University of Steubenville
Architect MCF Architecture
Size 110,700 SF
Location Steubenville, OH

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