S.C.S.U. Student Center

S.C.S.U.STUDENT CENTERCLEMSON UNIVERSITY M.ARCH | COMPREHENSIVE STUDIO ARCH8920 | SPRING 2016 | DEVIN CARLSON - ANNA NGUYEN

CONTENTS

PROJECT ABSTRACTINITIAL ANALYSIS

CONCEPT GENERATIONDESIGN 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

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

Nguyen / Carlson

INITIAL ANALYSIS

STUDENT CENTER [PARTI ANALYSIS]

BABSON COLLEGE [INTERIOR STREET]

CASE STUDY ANALYSIS

IBA STUDENT CENTRE [CENTRAL ATRIUM]

LIBRARY OF ALEXANDRIA [STEPPED PROGRAM]

STUDENT CENTER FROM MILLER HALL

VIEW FROM GEATHER’S STREET

EXISTING SITE PHOTOS

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

50’150’

450’

SITE CONNECTIVITY

50’150’

450’

ACADEMIC - DINING - LIVING

PROGRAM AREAS ON CAMPUS

50’150’

450’

PRIMARY CONTEXTUAL VIEWS (INTERNAL)

50’150’

450’

PRIMARY SITE VIEWS (EXTERNAL)

702'-5"

95'-3"271'-2"

165'-7"

1

1

6

6

2

2

2

3

3

3

3

EXISTING SITE SECTIONS

702'-5"

95'-3"271'-2"

165'-7"

1

1

6

6

2

2

2

3

3

3

3

LARGE EVENT

ADMIN.AUD/ LECTURECOMPUTERLAB

BARBERSHOP

STUDENT OFFICES

BOWLING ALLEY LOUNGES

GAME ROOM

FOOD COURT

7,900 SF

ARCHITECTURAL PROGRAM

CONFERENCE

STORE

6,100 SF

5,980 SF 3,400 SF2,485 SF

2,100 SF

1,050 SF2,000 SF 1,600 SF 1,200 SF600 SF800 SF 800 SF 500 SF

W.C. MECH.

ACADEMIC ORGANIZATIONAL

LARGE EVENTADMIN.

AUD/ LECTURE

COMPUTERLAB

SOCIAL

NEW GROUPOFFICES

STUDENT OFFICES

BOWLING ALLEY

LOUNGES

GAME ROOM

FOOD COURT

SPACE CHARACTER ARCHITECTURAL PROGRAM

CONFERENCE

STORE

LARGE EVENTADMIN.

AUD/ LECTURE

COMPUTERLAB

BARBERSHOP

STUDENT OFFICES BOWLING ALLEY

LOUNGES

GAME ROOM

FOOD COURT

OPEN CLOSED

VISIBILITY / ENCLOSURE

CONFERENCE

STORE

LARGE EVENT

ADMIN.

AUD/ LECTURE

COMPUTERLAB

BARBERSHOP

STUDENT OFFICES

BOWLING ALLEY

LOUNGES

GAME ROOM

FOOD COURT

HIGH LOW

ACTIVITY LEVEL

CONFERENCE

STORE

STORE

MORNING AFTERNOON NIGHT

AVERAGE USE TIMELINE

LARGE EVENT

STUDENT OFFICES

BOWLING ALLEY

LOUNGES

GAME ROOM

FOOD COURT

SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONAL ACADEMIC

PUBLIC PRIVATE

CONCEPT GENERATION

S.C.S.U. CAMPUS HAPPENS THROUGH THE STUDENT CENTER

S.C.S.U. CAMPUS HAPPENS THROUGHOUT THE STUDENT CENTER

1 2 2

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3

3

4

MASTER PLAN PHASING

RECONFIGURED CAMPUS LOOP - VEHICULAR

PHASE 1: NEW STUDENT CENTER / CORE DESIGNPHASE 2: RECONFIGURE ROAD / DUKES GYM ADDITIONPHASE 3: NEW ADMIN BLDGS / ATHLETIC GYMPHASE 4: FUTURE ACADEMIC BLDGS / MEMORIAL

NEW GREEN SPACE WITHIN CAMPUS CORE

P

P

CONTEXTUAL SITE LINES FOR DESIGN

CONCEPT PARTI

CONCEPTUAL MODELS

FORM GENERATION

UPPER LEVEL [+1]

GROUND LEVEL [0]

BELOW LEVEL [-1]

FOOD COURT

ATRIUMLOUNGE

STORE / STUDENT RETAIL

LARGEEVENT

AUD.

CONF.

OFFICE

SOCIALLOUNGE

GAMEROOM

BOWLINGALLEY

COMP.LAB

DESIGN & PROGRAM OVERVIEW

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 CAMPUSCAMPUS 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

ARTIFICIAL ENVIRONMENT

NATURAL ENVIRONMENT

FLOOR PLANE

GROUND PLANE

COURTYARD FACING WEST

STUDENT DINING [THE PITT]

STUDENT MEETING AREAS

WESTERN APPROACH

[E]

[W]

[S]

[N]

LONGITUDINAL COURTYARD SECTION

COURTYARD SECTION

DINING/LARGE EVENT SECTION

MATERIAL PALLET

STRUCTURAL MODEL

S.C.S.U.STUDENT CENTERCLEMSON UNIVERSITY M.ARCH | COMPREHENSIVE STUDIO ARCH8920 | SPRING 2016 | DEVIN CARLSON - ANNA NGUYEN