Gladys Valley Marine Studies Building / Yost Grube Hall Architecture

This academic-research laboratory building on Oregon State University’s Hatfield Marine Science Center campus in Newport, Oregon completed construction in 2020. The building serves the Marine Studies Initiative, a new interdisciplinary program involving all 11 OSU colleges with a goal of providing “access to the sea” for OSU students, faculty, and staff. The building has a three-story academic and research core, connected to a two-story wing that includes community space, an auditorium, and an innovation lab. Collaborative labs support a new teaching and research model with a curriculum that blends natural and social science, providing a rich environment for cross-disciplinary discovery, collaboration, and expression.