S.C.S.U. Student Center

S.C.S.U.

STUDENT CENTER CLEMSON UNIVERSIT Y M.ARCH | COMPREHENSIVE STUDIO ARCH8920 | SPRING 2016 | DEVIN CARLSON - ANNA NGUYEN

CONTENTS PROJECT ABSTRACT INITIAL ANALYSIS CONCEPT GENERATION DESIGN PROPOSAL

PROJECT ABSTRACT A student center can be seen as a very broad conglomeration of spaces that fit into one building. There is not one direct usage, but several spaces that have to work together while simultaneously working independent of each other. The aspect of tying this diversity together is something we wanted to base our conceptual development on. With this, we take the approach of providing an aggregate to the university at a macro and micro level. The design seeks to provide a space that lives within the very heart of campus that will help bring the surrounding buildings together by providing way finding & visual connections through the site.

Internally, we strive to bring the variety of programmatic spaces together as the architecture becomes the tying agent of the aggregation of interior spaces, as well as the tying agent that blurs the

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boundaries of the envelope. As of the first trip to the campus of South Carolina State University [SCSU] the current way finding and visual/physical connecting of the campus is something that could be improved. As is the way in which the current student center is laid out; there are conglomerations of pieces that do not adequately work together to provide collective spaces.

The new design for the SCSU student center will seek to provide the aggregate to the campus core that will both visually & psychically establish readability & legibility to provide a connective environment to the campus. Our approach is going to facilitate the idea that the campus happens through the student center & throughout the student center.

Architecture as Aggregate

INITIAL ANALYSIS

CASE STUDY ANALYSIS

STUDENT CENTER [PARTI ANALYSIS]

BABSON COLLEGE [INTERIOR STREET]

IBA STUDENT CENTRE [CENTRAL ATRIUM]

LIBRARY OF ALEXANDRIA [STEPPED PROGRAM]

EXISTING SITE PHOTOS

STUDENT CENTER FROM MILLER HALL

VIEW FROM GEATHER’S STREET

PLAZA AND BETHEA HALL

VIEW FROM DUKE’S GYM

EXISTING SITE PHOTOS

STUDENT CENTER AND PLAZA

VIEW FROM DUKE’S GYM

EXISTING STUDENT CENTER

EXISTING STUDENT CENTER

PROGRAM AREAS ON CAMPUS

50’

150’

450’

SITE CONNECTIVITY

50’

academic - dining - living

150’

450’

PRIMARY CONTEXTUAL VIEWS (INTERNAL)

50’

PRIMARY SITE VIEWS (EXTERNAL)

150’

450’

EXISTING SITE SECTIONS

1

2 3

6 271'-2"

95'-3" 165'-7"

702'-5"

3 2

3

3

6

1

2

1

2 3

6 271'-2"

95'-3" 165'-7"

702'-5"

3 2

3

3

6

1

2

ARCHITECTURAL PROGRAM 7,900 SF

6,100 SF 3,400 SF

5,980 SF

FOOD COURT

2,000 SF

GAME ROOM

BOWLING ALLEY

LARGE EVENT

1,050 SF

COMPUTER LAB

1,600 SF

LOUNGES

1,200 SF

MECH.

W.C.

2,485 SF

STUDENT OFFICES

800 SF

800 SF

AUD/ LECTURE

STORE

2,100 SF

CONFERENCE

600 SF

500 SF

ADMIN.

BARBERSHOP

ARCHIT

SPACE CHARACTER SOCIAL

ORGANIZATIONAL

ACADEMIC

BOWLING ALLEY STUDENT OFFICES

CONFERENCE

AUD/ LECTURE

NEW GROUP OFFICES GAME ROOM

COMPUTER LAB

FOOD COURT STORE

ADMIN.

LARGE EVENT

LOUNGES

VISIBILITY / ENCLOSURE CLOSED

OPEN

STUDENT OFFICES

BOWLING ALLEY

FOOD COURT

COMPUTER LAB

LOUNGES

CONFERENCE AUD/ LECTURE

STORE

GAME ROOM

LARGE EVENT

BARBERSHOP

ADMIN.

ACTIVITY LEVEL LOW

HIGH

LOUNGES

STUDENT OFFICES AUD/ LECTURE

FOOD COURT

STORE

CONFERENCE

ADMIN.

GAME ROOM LARGE EVENT

STORE COMPUTER LAB BARBERSHOP

BOWLING ALLEY

AVERAGE USE TIMELINE MORNING

AFTERNOON

NIGHT

FOOD COURT

LARGE EVENT

LOUNGES

STUDENT OFFICES

GAME ROOM

BOWLING ALLEY

SOCIAL

PUBLIC

ORGANIZATIONAL

ACADEMIC

PRIVATE

CONCEPT GENERATION

s.c.S.U. CAMPUS HAPPENS THROUGH THE STUDENT CENTER

s.c.S.U. CAMPUS HAPPENS THROUGHOUT THE STUDENT CENTER

MASTER PLAN PHASING phase 1: new student center / core design phase 2: reconfigure road / dukes gym addition phase 3: new admin bldgs / athletic gym phase 4: future academic bldgs / memorial

4 2

2

1

3 2 3

reconfigured campus loop - vehicular

new green space within campus core

contextual site lines for design

P

P

CONCEPT PARTI

CONCEPTUAL MODELS

FORM GENERATION

design & program overview

OFFICE CONF.

LARGE EVENT

AUD.

UPPER LEVEL [+1] STORE / STUDENT RETAIL

ATRIUM LOUNGE COMP. SOCIAL LAB LOUNGE

FOOD COURT

GROUND LEVEL [0]

GAME ROOM BOWLING ALLEY

BELOW LEVEL [-1]

DESIGN PROPOSAL

‘THROUGH’ RESPONDING TO THE ANALYSIS OF THE SITE AND SURROUNDING CONTEXT, WE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THE CURRENT STUDENT CENTER SITS IN THE EXACT MIDDLE OF CAMPUS. AS THE CAMPUS SURROUNDS THE SITE 360 DEGREES, ENDLESS CONNECTIONS ARE HAPPENING. WE ENVISION THE NEW STUDENT CENTER TO BE PERMEABLE AND ALLOW FOR ALL CAMPUS CONNECTIONS.

‘THROUGHOUT’ WHILE BRINGING MANY DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS AND ACTIVITIES THROUGH THE SITE, WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO FOSTER AN ENVIRONMENT THAT PROVIDES PROGRAMMED SPACES THAT WILL ALIGN WITH A DIVERSE, SOMETIMES CONFLICTING PROGRAM. EACH SPACE WILL MAINTAIN ITS CHARACTER AND INDIVIDUALITY WHILE STILL BEING CONNECTED TO THE WHOLE.

S.C.S.U. CORE CAMPUS CAMPUS CONNECTIONS ARE FORMED THROUGH THE SITE OF THE PROPOSED STUDENT CENTER. AS AN EXTENSION OF THE CURRENT PLAZA TO THE EAST, THE TACTILE NATURE OF THE BRICK PAVERS ARE CONTINUED THROUGH THE PEDESTRIAN PATHWAYS THAT PERMEATE THE BUILDING’S COURTYARD. THE COURTYARD SEEKS TO CREATE A NUCLEUS FOR SITE ACTIVITY, BOTH OPEN TO THE ELEMENTS AND SHELTERED.

EXISTING CONDITIONS

NEED FOR CONNECTION

EQUALLY ADDRESS

TRANSPARENCY & HIERARCHY

CREATE SHARED SPACE: ELEVATE

BIND VERTICAL VOID

FINAL FORM REALIZATION

ROOF PLANE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT

ARTIFICIAL ENVIRONMENT

FLOOR PLANE ARTIFICIAL ENVIRONMENT

NATURAL ENVIRONMENT GROUND PLANE

COURTYARD FACING WEST

STUDENT DINING [THE PITT]

STUDENT MEETING AREAS

WESTERN APPROACH

[N]

[E]

[W]

[S]

MATERIAL PALLET

DINING/LARGE EVENT SECTION

COURTYARD SECTION

LONGITUDINAL COURTYARD SECTION

STRUCTURAL MODEL

S.C.S.U.

STUDENT CENTER CLEMSON UNIVERSIT Y M.ARCH | COMPREHENSIVE STUDIO ARCH8920 | SPRING 2016 | DEVIN CARLSON - ANNA NGUYEN