State University of New York, Maritime College, Seamanship Center, Bronx, NY

“Size:
15,000 SF

Highlights:
cutting-edge waterfront academic facility”

The SUNY Maritime College Seamanship Center, officially named the William Austen Marine Education & Seamanship Center, is a modern, two-and‑a‑half‑story waterfront academic facility.

The first floor houses a cutting-edge marine environmental science wet lab with aquaria and interactive touch tanks, designed for hands‑on teaching and research. The second floor provides dedicated classrooms and training spaces for seamanship education, supporting both cadets and professional mariners. Constructed as an all‑electric, sustainable facility, it integrates advanced environmental technologies and maximizes its prime waterfront location.

SETTY provided MEP/FP design, Net Zero, Energy Modeling, BIM/Revit Modeling for the academic building and new construction of approximately 4,000 SF. The scope also includes MEP/FP design for a new boathouse and 4 slips of approximately 3,500 SF.