Fast Facts

• Ceremonial groundbreaking held Sept. 7, 2007
• Construction began April 2008
  
• Completion summer 2009 with occupancy August 2009 (open for classes on Aug. 24)
• Located on north side of existing College of Design building
• $6.6 million total cost:
  • $3.6 million from private gifts, including $1.5 million lead gift by Iowa State alumni Steven and Barbara King
  • 2,022 individual donors
    
  • Remainder from institutional sources
• 23,735 gross square feet
• Facility features:
  • Central, two-story forum surrounded by instructional studios on all sides
  • 14 studio classrooms on two floors
  • Break-out lecture and critique spaces
• First new green-constructed building on campus:
  • Instead of air conditioning, this facility is ventilated naturally with operable windows and blowers that circulate air when sensors detect occupants in the studios. Dehumidification also helps the space remain comfortable.
  • The building has Iowa State's first green roof, which will help lower cooling costs, extend the roof's life expectancy, reduce storm-water discharge, and reduce the "heat island" effect. Green roofs provide natural air filtration and create oxygen through photosynthesis. Planted in May 2009, the pavilion roof is sown with 20 varieties of hardy, colorful plants, including 14 varieties of sedum, as well as Limestone Fameflower (talinum calycicum), Chives (allium schoenoprasum) and Hardy Prickly Pear (opuntia humifusa).
  • The green roof should prevent 80 percent of regular rainfall and melted snow from flowing into the storm sewers as runoff.
    
• The addition features gray metal panels, exposed concrete and aluminum-framed window areas to provide natural light into the building interior.
• The site around the building has been developed to demonstrate water-retention techniques that allow the water to percolate back into the soils and delay entry into the storm sewers until well after rain events. Two detention cells are covered in permeable pavers to create patios. Plantings in the restored site include a variety of trees, woody shrubs, blooming perennials and grasses, including native and native-hybrid species that have been planted nowhere else on the Iowa State campus.
• The pavilion will provide a home primarily for freshman students in the College of Design's Core Design Program and sophomore students in the first year of their professional programs.
• Pavilion and grounds will be a living laboratory for study of sustainable design practices and help establish the principles of environmental stewardship within the collegiate and university culture.
• Ninety percent of waste produced during the site demolition and construction process was recycled.
• The King Pavilion uses 75 percent recycled steel, rock bedding from Missouri and recycled blue-jean insulation. The building is the first on campus to insulate with the 100-percent cotton product.
• The majority of materials for construction came from within a 500-mile radius of campus.
• All materials used in the building were certified as low- or non-emitting of volatile organic compounds (VOCs). This reduces the quantity of indoor air contaminants that are odorous, irritating and/or harmful to the comfort and well-being of the installers and occupants.
• Clerestory windows on both levels of the building, as well as the sloped section of roof above the central forum, provide significant natural daylighting. Photometric sensors regulate the amount of artificial lighting in response to the natural lighting levels within the space. Motion sensors will automatically turn lights on and off in response to occupancy.
• To reduce water consumption, restrooms have dual-flush toilets (the first installed on the Iowa State campus), ultra-low-flow urinals and automatic sensors on the sinks.
• The College of Design purchased a 35 percent offset in renewable energy credits for two years for the King Pavilion from Green-e Certified Clean Source renewable resources. These resources include wind, biomass, small hydro and geothermal. Purchasing RECs at the same quantity as your electricity consumption guarantees that the energy you use is added to the power grid from a renewable energy facility and supports the further development of these facilities.
  
• The College of Design is seeking certification from Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) for implementation of green building practices.
• Building designed by RDG Planning & Design, Des Moines
• Construction by Miron Construction Co., Inc., Cedar Rapids
  
• Others on the project team include:
  • Holabird & Root, Rochester, Minn.
  • Conservation Design Forum, Elmhurst, Ill.
  • Charles Saul Engineering, Des Moines
  • Stecker-Harmsen, Ames
  • The Weidt Group, Minnetonka, Minn.