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DESIGN FOR COMMUNITY SPACES
The new Center for Design, Media and the Arts, designed by Moseley Architects and opened in fall 2017, was constructed on the site of parking lot. As Marcus Henderson, community outreach special- ist for NOVA, explains, the center, which
replaced an outmoded building, adds a contemporary look to the campus’ mix of architectural styles. The new building’s programming combines art and technol- ogy in various ways, and boosts an array of functions on its three floors and lower
level. Those functions include classrooms, activity areas, student lounges, academic and administrative offices, a large choral room, a black box theatre, a gymnasium, a gallery where art is displayed and recep- tions occur, the campus bookstore, and a Starbucks.
The retail stores are sited in the build- ing’s atrium, a generously proportioned, high space with sleek finishes that include terrazzo flooring and fine wood panels on ceilings and walls echoed in the wood of seating and tables on the main floor. There are dark upholstered furniture pieces, and pops of color such as blue stripes on the floors of balconies and hallways. A gym- nasium with an enormous curtain wall of floor-to-ceiling glass is several floors high, and is overlooked from within through glass interior walls.
MEETING THE NEEDS OF TODAY’S STUDENTS
There are as many options for attrac- tive, functional interior spaces as there are unique needs on any community college campus. And the Hannelly Center, like the Design, Media and the Arts building in Virginia and Cappelli in New Jersey, met a series of needs.
Granted, the most pressing need at Hannelly was more efficiency in registering busy students. Yet there is even more to it. By providing an attractive new space at a conspicuous campus site, the Hannelly Center met another need. As McCarthy puts it, “The college never had a front door.” That is no longer the case at Phoe- nix College. CPM
Scott Berman is a freelance writer with experience in educational topics.
THERE ARE AS MANY OPTIONS FOR ATTRACTIVE, FUNCTIONAL INTERIOR SPACES AS THERE ARE UNIQUE NEEDS ON ANY COMMUNITY COLLEGE CAMPUS.
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