ESa Designs Belmont University’s New Law School Building with LEED Certification in Mind

Groundbreaking was officially held October 14 for Belmont University’s new College of Law building, which is designed by ESa. To be called the Randall and Sadie Baskin Center, the 71,000-square-foot facility will include a five-level underground parking garage accommodating more than 500 parking spaces. It is slated to open in fall 2012.

The Baskin Center will contain more than a dozen classrooms, a 21st Century trial courtroom, an appellate courtroom, a two-story law library and more than 20 faculty offices. The building is designed with the needs of law students in mind and will feature such amenities as a student commons, wireless Internet access, offices for student organizations, a locker room and food service.

The Center will seek to attain silver LEED certification and will feature a geo-thermal mechanical system and numerous energy conservation measures within the building to reduce power consumption.

According to a release by Belmont University, Jeff Kinsler, the founding dean of Belmont’s College of Law, said, “This state-of-the-art building will be the perfect venue for our first-rate students, faculty and staff. We designed the building for student-centered instruction; it is ideal for preparing professional, practice-ready attorneys for today’s global legal market.”

Photos courtesy of Belmont University.