Brown University - 200 Dyer Street

This new building will enable an expanded curriculum and bring employment, vitality, increased academic opportunities and new growth to downtown Providence.

Size: Continuing Education occupies 22,000 square feet on the first floor
Schedule: Demolition began October 2011, Occupancy February 6, 2012
Architect: Durkee, Brown, Viveiros & Werenfels Architects
CM: Shawmut Design and Construction
 

Building Feature

• The educational spaces include seminar classrooms and meeting rooms, with multimedia and lecture-capture capabilities.
• The administrative side of the building will contain offices, conference rooms, and breakout areas for faculty and staff.
• Multi-media studio, control room, and editing suite
• Lounge and café area

Academic Program and Expansion

Brown University Continuing Education presently delivers on-campus, online, and overseas programs that serve nearly 5,000 Pre-College, Undergraduate, and Adult & Professional students.
The gradual expansion will allow CE to grow its executive-level academic programs, increase existing noncredit courses, and broaden offerings for private, public and nonprofit sector employees.
New programs will educate professionals in information technology, health services, innovation and entrepreneurship, biotechnology, communication and other multidisciplinary areas.

Economic Impact

Continuing Education will increase staffing levels approximately 25% over the next several years.
The relocation of the Continuing Education program will contribute to the transformation of the Jewelry District into the city’s “Knowledge District.”
The renovation will sustain an estimated 65 or more temporary construction jobs over the next 5 months.