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The University envisions to breathe new life into the Student Union Information Center. By repositioning the Information Center into a more prominent location within the Student Union Building and rethinking the design to enhance both its visual presence and campus community access.

Rich with the character of pure modern architecture, the building is both a figurative and literal beacon at the heart of campus. The elegant yet simplified forms and lines of the glass curtain walls, minimalist columns. coffered ceilings and concrete balustrade act in concert to create a modern yet inviting atmosphere.

In order to preserve the strong character of the building, we have conceptualized a new information center which draws it’s clues from the existing elements of the building and materials.

This scheme proposes to emulate the the presence of the hearth located at the south end of the building. The concrete and brick hearth has been peeled away from the facade giving this ‘heavy’ element a feeling of floating within the space.

Two solid masses on either side of the raised counter area are designed to give the presence of heavy, anchored object which are unified by a raised counter. The raised counter also borrows the vertical wood slats currently found at the Information Center and re-interprets their configuration.

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