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This new four story, 85,000 gross square feet building will include new facilities for student services on campus. Services include Admissions, Financial Aid, Evaluations and Testing, Counseling, Student government, Disable Student Services, Information and Outreach, classrooms, conference areas and a Terrace Café. The project also includes a new express elevator between the lower parking lot and the upper campus
All of the departments are arranged around an open four-level atrium, where students can interact with each other and the various departments in a single location. Each department opens into the atrium without doors, encouraging students and department faculty to engage each other without barriers.
Each floor opens up onto a series of outdoor terraces that move up the hillside slopes adjacent to the project, connecting the building to its location on campus and creating a vibrant point at the new north entryway to the campus.
The building is design to meet LEED Silver certification. Projected energy savings of 340,000 kWh annually are 35% better than state requirements. Water-efficient plumbing, irrigation and landscape will result in a water savings of 40% on the building use and 50% on landscape. The project will include materials and finishes that include recycled content, attention to indoor air quality and the use of natural daylight.
Construction is tentatively scheduled to start in Spring 2010. Target completion date is Fall 2011. |