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DESIGN FOR COMMUNITY SPACES
TODAY’S COMMUNITY COLLEGES ARE INTERESTED
IN PLACEMAKING, IN CREATING CAMPUSES WHERE STUDENTS LEARN, LINGER, AND INTERACT. WITH
AN EYE TO DESIGN, HERE ARE THREE EXAMPLES OF COMMUNITY COLLEGES STEPPING UP THEIR INTERIOR SPACES TO IMPROVE THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE.
tion implemented several years ago that also renovated a student union building and the campus’ popular crossroads, Sophomore Square, says Doug McCarthy, director of Facilities, Planning and Development. The Hannelly Center func- tions as an enrollment center, where students can receive one-on-one assistance with admissions, registration, basic schedule building, financial aid, and scholarships, as well as veterans’ and international student questions. Students who require a deeper level of assistance with enrollment planning will be able to meet
By Scott Berman
ATTRACTIVE AND func- tional interiors in commu- nity college buildings can help reinvigorate campuses while building upon their traditions. Such spaces can make core functions more efficient; provide new front doors, so to speak; and exemplify how community colleges are forging ahead.
Three examples of recently constructed and renovated in- terior spaces in highly trafficked buildings in central locations on their campuses are examples of some approaches and results.
STUDENT SERVICES AT PHOENIX COLLEGE
Phoenix College in Arizona is a case in point. Established in 1920, the college is the flagship of the Maricopa Community Colleges, a district that ranks as one of the nation’s largest community college systems and the single largest provider of higher education and career training in Arizona. Phoenix College added about 19,000 square feet to its original 43,000-square-foot Hannelly Center, which was renovated as part of a phased construc-
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ONE-STOP CONVENIENCE.
The renovation of the Hannelly Center on the campus of Arizona’s Phoenix College was undertaken to streamline the student registration process and provide a more ef- ficient, yet warm and friendly environment for students and staff while facilitating social interaction.
with academic advisors for as- sistance with schedule building and enrollment.
As McCarthy explains, the entrance to the expanded, now heavily trafficked section of