Halligan Hall is the new home of the consolidated Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) department of Tufts School of Engineering. The renewed facility brings together faculty and research from other campus buildings and provide a vibrant and welcoming home for the department that values a tradition of community, inside and out.

Anticipating growth in research, students and faculty, programming and space use flexibility were central to our approach. An open lab configuration includes core support labs for shared uses and equipment. Transparency into the labs puts research and student engagement activities on display. ECE utilizes research spaces with a range of functions in the building: wet and dry labs, core labs, possibly including 3D printing, welding and fabrication, lasers, multimedia, and biosafety level one (BSL1). Other program components include classrooms, faculty offices, graduate student write-up areas, and a range of collaboration and meeting spaces.

The total scope of this renovation was 35,000 sf.

Advancing campus decarbonization goals, our renovation incorporated state-of-the-art, energy-efficient infrastructure systems and building envelope improvements. Ventilation, heating and cooling, and daylighting improvements addressed human comfort and created invigorating environments for research.

This project was completed in November 2023.