quinnipiac university
health & wellness center
Hamden, Connecticut
“This beautiful building and adjacent amphitheater are far more than brick and mortar— They are representative of our vision to prepare our students for success. This facility contains more than weights or workout machines, it’s the key to a new worldview.”
- Tom Ellett, Quinnipiac University Chief Experience Officer
The new health and wellness center at Quinnipiac brings together clinical health, mental health, and recreation under a single structure in support of whole-body wellness. The building also creates a new healthy living program with classes in cooking, nutrition, and other lifestyle elements.
A mass timber building constructed with CLT, the building uses principles of biophilia that draw on the rich Connecticut landscape with heavy timber, wood paneling, local stone, and interior green walls. The structure creates a new central courtyard for student gathering or quiet contemplation.
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Type: New Construction
Size: 55,000 SF
Status: Completed 2023
Cost: $35,000,000
Associate Architect: S3 Design
Photography: Anton Grassl -
“For Body and Mind: Quinnipiac University Health and Wellness Center,” Architectural Record
“New recreation and wellness center opens at Quinnipiac University,” Fox61
“Quinnipiac University Opens $45 Million Recreation and Wellness Center,” NBC Connecticut
“$45 million recreation center part of plan to 'nurture the community’” New Haven Register
