Scott Air Force Base – Visitor’s Quarters

Scott Air Force Base, Illinois

This six-story, 284-room Visiting Quarters replaces five outdated buildings slated for demolition. Guest rooms are similar to common hotel rooms in size and function with a bedroom, desk, closet, chair and cabinets that house a refrigerator and microwave. The Business Suites are larger and have space for an additional sitting area, as well as a washer/dryer unit in the bathroom. Functionally, the facility includes guest rooms, Rickenbacher coffee shop, small sundries retail, fitness center, conference/training rooms, administration spaces, luggage storage, business center lobby lounge, outdoor patio and on-site laundry for linens/housekeeping. The facility is designed to achieve LEED Silver certification with 42 of the required 50 credits earned by the project design.

Client 

US Department of the Air Force

At a glance

170,500 SF

Six stories

284 rooms

LEED silver certified

Features

Officers quarters have an additional seating area

The suites are located on the top floor to provide superior views

Services

Site investigation

Survey

Program validation

Design charrette

Concept design through final design

Site/utility design

Architectural design

Interior design

Landscape architecture

Engineering

Energy modeling

Force protection

Fire protection

Cost estimating

Sustainability coordination

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