Cultural, Ethnic & Gender and Women’s Studies Center
Project Description
The consolidated facility will house 12 cultural centers and academic/campus life departments. Reflecting its multiple uses, the center will be layered from public to private spaces with a large, flexible lobby, classrooms and multi-purpose rooms on the ground floor; a social lounge and the cultural centers on the middle floors; and quieter, more private spaces on the upper levels.
Project Stats
Location
Champaign, Ill.
Square Footage
104,900
Year of Completion
2012 (study)
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The Process
Moody Nolan, with Tilton, Kelly + Bell as program consultant, was commissioned to provide a comprehensive feasibility study and development plan for a new cultural, ethnic and gender/women’s studies center at the University of Illinois. The is organized by a series of interlocking spaces which weave together the different program elements. This interlocking is also expressed on the building exterior as a series of projecting bays that provide expansive views of the campus. Each bay identifies a cultural center or academic unit. Outdoor terraces at the second and fifth floors provide flexible social spaces and several of the projecting bays include balconies overlooking the campus. There is a vegetated green roof that will provide habitat for a wide variety of birds and butterflies as well as keep the roof cool.