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Integrated Science Center 4

As the capstone of the Integrated Sciences Complex, ISC4 establishes a unified new home for computing, data science, and engineering at the center of campus life.

  • Location

    • Williamsburg, VA

    Size

    • 124,000 GSF New Construction
    • 10,000 GSF Renovation

    Program

    • Teaching and research labs, collaboration space, computational labs, lecture hall, machine shop, maker space, courtyard, colloquiums, study areas, faculty and research offices

    Practice area

    Certifications

    • Targeting LEED Gold Certification

A defining moment for Computational Sciences

William & Mary’s Integrated Science Center IV brings together three rapidly growing disciplines—Computer Science, Data Science, and Engineering—into a single, dynamic home. Previously dispersed across campus, these departments now share space designed to support hands-on learning and collaborative problem-solving.

ISC4 is a major step forward for William & Mary’s academic vision. By bringing these departments together in one purpose-built space, we are expanding what interdisciplinary research and education can achieve.
Peggy AgourisProvost, William & Mary
ISC4 strengthens the science precinct by defining a clear edge to Swem Quad, creating a new front door to the district, and organizing buildings and landscape into a cohesive academic ensemble.
A new courtyard anchors the science precinct, linking buildings and reinforcing ISC4’s role as connective tissue within the district.

Designed for interdisciplinary exchange

Creating space for interdisciplinary exchange was a defining objective of ISC4. While earlier phases of the complex delivered high-quality labs, they offered limited shared space for departments to converge.

ISC4 introduces a multi-story hub that anchors the building and opens directly to the courtyard, serving as the precinct’s primary gathering space. Beyond this core, collaboration is embedded throughout—recessed seating along corridors, transparent lab fronts on main circulation routes, and small meeting rooms between departments—so collaboration becomes part of everyday academic life.

The hub connects interior and exterior space, creating a flexible commons that anchors collaboration across the precinct.
The multi-story hub anchors ISC4, linking departments vertically and reinforcing interdisciplinary exchange.
A small collaboration space overlooks the central hub and courtyard beyond.
ISC4 houses some of the most computationally intensive work on campus. We wanted the building to offer moments of openness—views to the quad, access to the courtyard—that support well-being and, ultimately, better thinking. Headshot of Jefferson Poole with blue background
Jefferson Poole Principal

A foundation for the future of STEM

By uniting classrooms, research laboratories, makerspace environments, and shared collaboration spaces in a cohesive whole, ISC4 establishes a foundation for the next generation of STEM education at William & Mary. It positions the university for continued growth in computing and engineering and proudly affirms these disciplines as a defining part of the university’s academic identity.

The new auditorium provides a flexible, technology-rich venue for lectures and presentations.
Wood finishes introduce warmth and texture to the auditorium while improving acoustic performance.
Project impact
  • 10

    Interdisciplinary research wet labs that allowed research to relocate from off-campus facilities

  • 1M

    Yards of CAT6 cable used to connect the state-of-the-art Computer Science research labs with the new server and network

This new facility is more than a building for undergraduate and graduate courses—it’s a catalyst for learning, research, and innovation.
Douglas SchmidtDean of the School of Computing, Data Sciences & Physics, William & Mary

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Collaborators

Baskervill

Project Team

2RW

Ambient Air

Core Studio Design

Dunbar

Froehling and Robertson

GHD

Heller & Metzger

HLB Lighting

Jensen Hughes

JMT

Mohar Design

NV5

PAGE Associates

Sustainable Design Consulting

TCT Cost Consultants

Thornton Thomasetti

TRC

Photography

Baskervill

Goody Clancy

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