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KSS Architects Capabilities - Higher Education

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Description: Higher education is the cornerstone of our practice. For 34 years, KSS has built a refined process of ideation, design, and delivery. As nationally recognized experts driven by empathy for a place and its community, we intimately understand the challenges and opportunities impacting 21st century higher education. Our designs emerge through intense dialogue paired with thoughtful analysis of mission, goals, context, and systems. Our outstanding record of managing complex schedules, diverse stakeholder and project teams, and visionary solutions informs each new project. The result? Exceptional places where the full arc of campus life materializes.
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KSS ARCHITECTSCAPABILITIES 2017



CONTENTS 5 IDEAS AND WORK97 WHO WE ARE



IDEAS AND WORK

OUR IDEASThe ideas that INSPIREDESIGN are the same ideasthat DESIGN IMPACTS.At KSS, we believe that there are big ideasin the world. Ideas that we strive toward,ideas that we internalize and explore. Webelieve that the ideas that inspire designare the same ideas that design impacts. Forthe world today, we see the following as theideas that drive our process, and drive us.With each project, we navigate a processthat unearths, expounds upon, and embedsa sense of purpose—bringing a project to lifethrough the expression of meaningful ideas.ENGAGEMENT INNOVATION WELLNESSEngagement is the Innovation is the Wellness is theessential story of modern response fulfillment of thepositive change—people to entrepreneurial vast span of our needsinteract, people take spirit—exploration that from shelteraction, people enrich recognizes needs and to self-actualization.the world. constructively exceeds them.

COMPLEXITY TRANSFORMATION STEWARDSHIP Complexity offers Transformation is a Stewardship is the richness of experience— fundamental shift in expression of ours, many diverse parts knowledge, identity, or collective capacity to adding up to a whole perspective. replenish and care for that transcends them all. resources of all kinds— with purpose, tenacity, and optimism.

ENGAGEMENT

ENGAGEMENT ISTHE ESSENTIAL STORYOF POSITIVE CHANGE— PEOPLE INTERACT,PEOPLE TAKE ACTION, PEOPLE ENRICH THE WORLD.

VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY ACADEMIC LEARNING COMMONS Dedicated to providing an excellent learning Located at a crossroads of city and campus environment for its 22,000 undergraduate students, activity, the building creates connections the Academic Learning Commons provides a state-of- between interior and exterior spaces. A large the-art building for learning and teaching excellence courtyard allows indoor interactions to spill in the heart of the academic campus. The building outside on warm days. Vegetated green roofs will provide a stimulating educational atmosphere, provide garden views from the interior and help facilitate interaction between students and faculty, regulate indoor temperature and manage storm and support the context of historic Richmond. water. The building facade incorporates red brick masonry, cast stone, and metal detailing to tie The building design combines formal and informal in to the city’s historic, vernacular architecture. collaborative spaces with large classrooms. To The design integrates different levels of building provide an opportunity for physical and intellectual scale to transition elegantly from the small-scale collaboration, the rooms are proportioned to give residential neighborhoods of Richmond to the instructors room to move around and interact with larger scale of VCU campus buildings. students, and for students to interact with each other. Location: Richmond, Virginia Size: 102,000 sf Features: Center for Teaching Excellence, State-of-the-art classrooms, Lecture halls, Informal gathering spaces, Administrative and faculty offices, Outdoor courtyard Recognition: LEED Gold certification Architect-of-Record: BCWH Architects| 10

“It’s an amazing facility. We feel it elevates the quality of the environmentto the quality of the education we provide.” JAMES E. HINTERLONG, DEAN OF THE SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK, VCU

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ROWAN UNIVERSITY ROHRER COLLEGE OF BUSINESS Rowan University has evolved from its 1923 the art entrepreneurial makerspace transitioning inception as a normal school to a comprehensive student business initiatives to market, and the public research university whose strong reputation Center for Business Professionalism: a situational wields extraordinary impact upon the economic space preparing students for the world of business development of the region. The Rohrer College of presentations, interviews, and the interpersonal Business, in the context of a new building, seeks relationships of the work place. to develop the entrepreneurs, business leaders, and innovators of the future by becoming South Learning environments are scaled for experiential Jersey’s center for innovative thinking, strategic learning, offering numerous breakout spaces with problem solving, and business acumen. flexible, collaborative arrangements. Targeted to achieve LEED Silver, sustainability considerations Academic programs and business development emphasize energy conservation, locally sourced are supported by key program elements—The materials, and hydrology and ecology measures in Rowan Business Center: a venue for business relation to the campus’ wetland assets. The formal innovation, joining the opportunities of the region masonry building features an elliptical glass tower with the expertise and resources of the College showcasing the manufacturing history of the region of Business. The Hub: a public café and lounge as depicted by glass artisans—at once a reflection of prompting interaction among students, faculty, the past and the promise of the future. and businesses leaders. The Hatchery: a state of Location: Glassboro, New Jersey Size: 99,000 sf new construction Features: Business center, Café, Lounge, Makerspace Programming Partner: Goody Clancy| 14

“The building feels like our very own headquarters, a professional home. The new College of Business makes us proud to invite business partners and speakers to our school, aplace where we are inspired to do more and do better together.” RYAN KLOHR, ‘17, STUDENT PRESIDENT, SOCIETY FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF MANAGEMENT, ROWAN UNIVERSITY ROHRER COLLEGE OF BUSINESS

LAFAYETTE COLLEGE DOWNTOWN ARTS CAMPUS Seeking to bring together its Film and Media Studies Situated along Easton’s main thoroughfare, the and Theater programs while creating a welcoming new Theater Building is lifted off the floodplain gateway to Lafayette College’s campus, the City creating a suitably dramatic statement for of Easton, and Williams Arts Campus, the College Lafayette at the gateway of campus. Designed teamed up with KSS to complete two projects that with sustainability and responsible stormwater transformed the front door of its campus into a management in mind, it incorporates solar panels vibrant arts community. Together, the renovation and a green roof. Visitors pass through Lafayette’s of the Film and Media Studies Mohican Building and “arts walk” and existing sculpture plaza to enter new Theater Building provide opportunity for new the Theater Building through a stunning glass cross-department collaboration, create a welcoming vestibule. Moving up to a central lobby, students center for community engagement–enhancing town and the public find ample room for college and and gown relationships, and preserve and protect city events. The purposeful adaptive resuse of the sensitive natural environment surrounding the the Mohican Building, a previous car showroom, Bushkill Creek. provides much-needed room for faculty offices, beautiful spaces for instruction, practice, and digital resources, and strengthens the building’s flood protection. Location: Easton, Pennsylvania Program: Collaborative arts campus and integrated learning environment Size: 12,000 sf (existing), 22,000 sf (new) Features: Black box theater, Screening room, Supporting spaces, Media-rich classrooms, Faculty offices, Student lounge| 16



RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING BUILDING After Rutgers University, led by renowned building informed its sweeping glass façade design researcher Martin Yarmush, M.D., Ph.D., decided through which the entire campus can experience to become a leading institution in biomedical the activity and life powering the research facility. engineering, they needed a state-of-the-art More importantly, KSS wanted to create a space facility. Dr. Yarmush remembered years back that lightens the intense atmosphere that often when he was designing his first lab in a modest accompanies research. Instead of segregating lab basement space and KSS Architects was a small benches into individual rooms, typical at many firm just starting to get on its feet. institutions, KSS designed open lab spaces in which researchers can maintain individual work areas yet The proposed site was completely open, a noticeable interact readily with colleagues. void in the intersection between dormitories and science buildings. KSS knew the building As a lighthearted touch, the design replaces the would become a prominent landmark greeting conventional circles of the ceramic frit on glazing visitors to the campus. The enormous visibility with abstracted neurons, a reminder of the and potential impact of work occurring inside the facility’s specialized purpose. Location: Piscataway, New Jersey Size: 80,000 sf Features: Conference facilities, Classrooms, Laboratories, Faculty office, 200-seat auditorium, 80-seat classroom Recognition: Design Honor Award, AIA New Jersey| 18

The building is fantastic, open, and a wonderful place to work.Everyone comes in with a smile. DR. MARTIN YARMUSH PROFESSOR OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING, RUTGERS UNIVERSITY

KEAN UNIVERSITY KARL & HELEN BURGER GALLERY With a goal of providing opportunities for students the space together with cohesion and warmth. and faculty to appreciate and understand the The Burger Gallery’s multicultural initiative diversity of the world through art, the Karl & curates artistic works that fill the space with Helen Burger Gallery at Kean University’s Center culture—from Yoruban artifacts to abstract Latino for Academic Success needed a space that would paintings, from photography retrospectives to deliver. A transformative space for art that perspectives on global ice melt. The Burger Gallery connects cultures and peoples, KSS’s design is a microcosm of human discovery and expression, materializes transparency with clerestory windows sharing with Kean University students and faculty that bring in natural daylight. Selected floor-to- fresh perspectives and reshaping Kean students’ ceiling windows wash the space with indirect light connection with each other, and connection with perfect for viewing art, and the glossed floor pulls the world. Location: Union, New Jersey Size: 2,000 sf new construction Features: Gallery space Recognition: LEED Certification, U.S. Green Building Council, Honor Award, AIA New Jersey (Center for Academic Success)| 20



RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY HAHNE & CO. EXPRESS NEWARK The adaptive reuse of the vacated Hahne & Co. city museum, and local professional artists. Open department store provides Rutgers with a unique, programs range from weekly Print Club sessions for mission-driven opportunity to strengthen its printmarkers of all ages to rotating Art Break lessons relationship with Newark’s citizenry and the State that help visitors unwind, explore, and experiment of New Jersey. The development of this historic with different forms of artmaking. The center landmark as a center for the creation, exhibition, and is a beacon of diversity and cultural enrichment, conversation of Arts and Communications enhances drawing together people of all ages, ethnicities, and the city’s “Arts Triangle”— the downtown area under occupations—utilizing the Arts as a common bond. development to reignite the vibrancy of the city core. For Rutgers University, as an anchor institution Rutgers developed 50,000 sf of the 500,000 in Newark, it is through the thoughtfully crafted sf building as a distinctive, community-based relationship between architecture and community educational program that includes an art incubator, that the fabric of its urban neighborhood will be community media center, portrait studio, design strengthened and revitalized. A great place, such as consortium, and letterpress studio. Community the renovated and re-purposed Hahne & Co. Building, partnerships are numerous, including charter schools, will not only bring a community of students and county and city colleges, boys and girls clubs, the neighbors together, but inspire it to do great things. Location: Newark, New Jersey Size: 50,000 sf Features: Art incubator, 3D print shop, gallery spaces, production studio, community media center, portrait studio, design consortium, lecture hall, lobby, lounges, resource library, and letterpress studio.| 22



INNOVATION

INNOVATION IS THE MODERN RESPONSE TO THE ENTREPRENEURIALSPIRIT—EXPLORATION THAT RECOGNIZES NEEDS & CONSTRUCTIVELY FULFILLS THEM.

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA PENNOVATION CENTER Pennovation Works—the 23 acre former DuPont and a “bleacher” to facilitate the many pitches that industrial site along the Schuylkill River, in the start-up companies typically present. This central up-and-coming neighborhood of Grays Ferry, is the space, above all else, is an area of intersections— next generation of Philadelphia and global innovation. where disciplines, theories, and brilliant ideas overlap Pennovation Center, a brick and mortar factory and collide in a spectacular array of what-if, outside- relic, is the site’s anchor building and will become an the-box, next-big-thing thinking, doing, and “we’re iconic landmark for Penn. The Pennovation Center’s going to need more space” happening. program will enable entrepreneurs, researchers, and industry partners to translate inventiveness into KSS, as the executive architect, has facilitated viable ventures in a dynamic environment. a thoughtful process through creativity, careful management, and thorough oversight in all aspects Co-working space has been amalgamated and of the team’s work. The Pennovation Center is centralized to connect offices, labs, and shared the cutting edge home for the next generation of resources—allowing engineers to break out from their entrepreneurship in the region and its design is both laboratory space and work cross-curricular with other an inspiration and a testament to the University’s lessees. In addition to co-working desk space, the mission of fostering innovation by creating vital, common area includes meeting rooms, social space, vibrant, and prolific intersections.| 26 Location: Philadelphia, PA Size: 65,000 sf addition and renovation Features: Business Incubator, Offices, Wet and dry labs, Co-working desk spaces, Studio spaces, Meeting rooms, Central presentation “bleacher,” Social spaces Design Architect: Hollwich Kushner Recognition: ULI Philadelphia Willard G. “Bill” Rouse III Awards for Excellence, 2017, Preservation Alliance Grand Jury Award, 2017, CREW Philadelphia Community Impact Award, 2016, Curbed Philadelphia Best Adaptive Reuse Project, 2016, Architect’s Newspaper Best Adaptive Reuse, Honorable Mention, 2016

The design creates a truly iconic landmark for Penn’s innovation ecosystem and a dynamic hub for Penn’sculture of innovation and interdisciplinary collaboration. AMY GUTMANN, PRESIDENT, UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

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FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON UNIVERSITY DOERFLER INNOVATION CENTER To prepare students for the rapidly changing catalysts. The Doerfler Innovation Center is a business/interdisciplinary environment and foundational project in this effort to revolutionize emerging global trends, in which innovation and the learning environment as one where active entrepreneurship play an increasingly important learning, project-based learning, and the role, FDU requires a visible identifiable space entrepreneurial spirit is alive and activated. for proof-of-concept work, business incubation, and collaboration opportunities for FDU faculty The Doerfler Innovation Center will transform the and students. For FDU, the key to a sustainable lower floor of the Monninger Center for Learning future is to develop the ability of students—our and Research on FDU’s Florham Campus into an future citizens and leaders—to become holistic, exciting and engaging space: interdisciplinary problem solvers, finding creative - A space that supports group projects as well as ways to simultaneously create greater social, full-class discussion and individual work environmental, and economic prosperity. - Movable furniture with a variety of reconfigurable seating & table types Taking an integrated approach to innovation, - A motivating environment with a welcoming Fairleigh Dickinson University is focused on ambience & reconfigurable settings providing a campus full of innovation pockets— - A transparent, fun, colorful space that includes a makerspaces, entrepreneurship and innovation variety of sub-environments centers, places for student engagement and idea - Learning on display Location: Madison, NJ Size: 1,100 sf Features: Write-on surfaces, Lounge areas, Study pods, Technology-rich tools, Coffee bar| 30



VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR ENGINEERING EDUCATION AND RESEARCH LAB In 2009, KSS Architects completed a master engineering concepts for real world problems. The plan for the renovation and expansion of resulting design facilitates this concept using a Villanova University’s 88,400-square-foot flexible systems furniture approach configured to College of Engineering Education and Research allow the instructor to provide real-time support (CEER) Building located on at the university’s to multiple student groups simultaneously. To main campus. One of the important strategic further facilitate flexible group work, the space also initiatives of the master plan was to improve the integrates a soft seating area for group discussion. overall learning environment at CEER through the introduction of active learning spaces. The The space has been wildly successful at improving renovation of 105 into a projects lab was the first student understanding and supporting College of project to come out of this initiative. Engineering fundraising. Students actively apply their knowledge of engineering concepts to real The College of Engineering’s plan for the space engineering problems furnished by outside private was to create a space where students could industries that provide an honorarium to support work in project groups of four to six students activities at the lab. around a single large computer screen to develop Location: Villanova, PA Size: 1,750 sf renovations Features: Central instructor area with mobile instructor station, Laptop interconnectivity portal for student collaboration| 32



UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA WHARTON VENTURE LAB STUDIOS FEASIBILITY STUDY Built in 1911 as a house of worship originally for the First create incubator and co-working spaces for student Church of Christ Scientist, the Rotunda building was entrepreneurs. Highlighting the identity and unique designed by Carrere and Hastings, a New York firm that heritage of the Rotunda, the design weaves together set the tone for American classicism in the twentieth venture pods, formal offices, a makerspace, café, and century. colloquium event space in an elegant grouping that gravitates programming at the edges of great spaces Acquired by the University of Pennsylvania in 1997 while vertical wells of air and glass maintain the yet underutilized today, the Rotunda is envisioned transparency and visibility of the Rotunda’s existing as a venue for the renowned Wharton School of architecture. Business’s new Launch Lab Studios. KSS’s design solutions transform the Rotunda into a striking and History and vision. Tradition and innovation. Inquiry impressive venue at the intersection of learning and and enterprise. The Rotunda will transform the way commerce. Respecting the volume of the sanctuary, learning, commerce, and community intersect at the project design preserves a vastness of space UPenn’s Wharton School of Business by providing which allows visibility and engagement in the dome. an inviting space for students and entrepreneurs to The design lightly touches the existing structure to engage and innovate. Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Features: Colloquium Hall, Meeting spaces, Lounges, Offices, Rental Bays, Study Space| 34

WALNUT STREET PLAZA,SANCTUARY, CHOIR & BASILICAL LEVELS A conceptual massing diagram demonstrates the significant scope of the project located below grade and the existing sanctuary —preserving the symmetrical presence of the Rotunda to the city and neighborhood. UNDERGROUND LEVEL

THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION SERVICES & TECHNOLOGY Thomas Jefferson University is blazing its path to KSS, melding input from the Jefferson IS&T team the future by creating a dedicated and customized and Epic Consultancy, came decision-ready to each space for its new Electronic Health Records Team— meeting, identifying efficiencies and streamlining yet to be hired, but already setting the tone for processes. The resulting designs and specifications the University’s technological advancement via are astute yet agile—a combination of multi- innovation and functionality, collaboration and disciplinary, open team areas and quiet, more creativity. The 10,000 sf space in Philadelphia is personal spaces. A fluid, open floor plan that also designed to accommodate multiple user groups and affords privacy. Specific program elements include a accomplish many operational goals at once. Above all variety of conference and training rooms as well as else, it must attract and retain the right personnel to huddle pods, hotel stations, a genius bar and café. staff the department—becoming a workplace of both Broad brush strokes paint a flexible, expressive work comfort and inspiration. Driving the project ahead? space, awash in natural light, generating a tangible The ambitious seven-month time frame. sense of modern thought and deed to complement the department’s historic surroundings. Location: Philadelphia, PA Size: 10,000 sf consolidation and expansion Features: Administrative offices, Open work stations, Executive office suites, Collaborative spaces| 36



WELLNESS

WELLNESS IS THE FULFILLMENT OF THE VAST SPAN OF OURNEEDS—FROM AIR, WATER, AND FOOD TO ESTEEM, BELONGING, AND SELF- ACTUALIZATION.

LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY RICHARD & MARGOT WARCH CAMPUS CENTER Lawrence University wanted to create a place The campus center embraces Appleton’s history as for students to experience its vibrant college the heart of the papermaking industry by facing community and embrace its natural surroundings. the Fox River. Situated on a hill, the building literally By breaking down the building’s large scale into emerges from the ground. Its materials embody sections connected by a glass-enclosed Great Hall, growth, starting with poured concrete finishes at the design team created a village in which students the foundation and lower levels, locally quarried can engage the university’s community, circulating limestone wall panels at mid-level floors, and both horizontally and vertically on its interior finally to soaring glass panels to symbolize the sky. “streets” to find places to eat, study, and relax with An illuminated stair tower at the campus center’s friends. northwest corner beckons students, returning alumni, and the town of Appleton to a place of community and pride. Location: Appleton, Wisconsin Size: 110,000 sf new construction Features: Cafe Bookstore, Dining Hall and servery, Theater Meeting rooms, Multi-purpose room, Student performance space, Convenience store, Gallery, Student lounges Recognition: LEED Gold Certification, U.S. Green Building Council Associate Architect: Uihlein/Wilson Architects| 40



SETON HALL UNIVERSITY AQUINAS HALL EXPANSION AND RENOVATION Seton Hall University engaged KSS Architects to levels of the building. In addition, 16 of the new address a critical shortage of on-campus housing beds provided will be in ADA accessible suites. and to reposition this existing residence hall to be Other improvements to the existing portion of more supportive of its residential life program. A the building will include new energy-efficient new fourth floor, new entry lobby, and northwest windows, redesigned bathrooms in all suites, and corridor addition to Aquinas Hall will add 164 beds renovations to the public spaces, corridors, and and redefine this residence hall. lounges. The new finishes within the public spaces will serve to enhance student life, community, and The new lobby contains two elevators providing way finding. Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) access to all Location: South Orange, New Jersey Size: 1o8,000 sf (44,000 sf addition/64,000 sf renovation); 400 beds Features: New entry lobby, Traditional and ADA accessible suites, Updated bathrooms, Improved way finding| 42



THE COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY BROWER STUDENT CENTER Since 1855, The College of New Jersey has evolved events, collaborating and relaxing, and to “see and be into one of the premiere liberal arts colleges seen.” With generous staircases, the community is in the region and the nation, recognizing that now seamlessly connected to all areas of the building. quality of place is critical to student success. Yet, Warm materials are accented by gracious windows the Brower Student Center struggled to keep providing effusive daylight and engaging views. up with the students’ changing needs. How to give the mass of masonry, steel, and concrete Dining has also been strategically re-envisioned. a new lift in both form and function? Through From early breakfast to late night snacks, from transparency, anticipation, and choice. “marketplace” dining to restaurant and coffee bar seating, the new offering anticipates student need The Student Center’s rebirth transforms a solid box and responds with innovative food choices, freshly into one that weaves together the campus fabric and prepared and delivered in enticing, comfortable student life —offering clear opportunities, pathways, environments. The light of the renaissance shines and appealing destinations. Internal walls have been bright at the Brower Student Center. broken down to reveal spaces for meetings and Location: Ewing, New Jersey Size: 91,500 sf renovation and 13,870 addition Construction Cost: $27 Million Features: Bookstore, Meeting spaces, Lounge, “Marketplace” Dining, Restaurant, Coffee bar, Administration offices| 44



RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY CENTER FOR ADULT AUTISM SERVICES At a time when 1 in 68 children in the U.S. is to meet programmatic needs. One building will diagnosed with ASD, a rate that has increased include elements such as staff offices, professional almost 100% in the last ten years, it is more vital kitchen equipment, state-of-the-art computers and than ever to develop new models that rise to technology, and dedicated life skills teaching areas. the challenge of providing services to an ever- It will also house the Workday Program to provide increasing population of adults with ASD. Rutgers’ 50 to 60 adult participants with prevocational, Center for Adult Autism Services’ integrated vocational, and recreational opportunities. approach to service, research, and training programs will serve as a groundbreaking model. The Pilot Residential Program will be housed in a The resulting design will facilitate a seamless second building to accommodate 20 adults with orchestration of these complementary programs ASD and 20 Rutgers graduate students living and mirror Rutgers’ interdisciplinary approach to side-by-side. Consisting of one-, two-, three-, addressing the real-life, complex issues of ASD. and four-bedroom residences, each with its own kitchen, dining, living, and laundry rooms, the The picturesque Douglass Campus and surrounding Center will mark a new step in creating a living and neighborhood will be home to the Center for learning community with services tailored to meet Adult Autism Services, with two new buildings individual needs. Location: New Brunswick, New Jersey Size: Residential: 36,000 sf; Day Center: 9,000 sf Features: Residential housing, Day center, Common areas, Outdoor quad, Offices, Technology center, Teaching kitchen| 46



LAFAYETTE COLLEGE DINING SERVICES - [MASTER PLAN + RENOVATIONS] Dining venues play a unique and important role services to provide students with a variety on college campuses. By bringing students, of options that support and improve their faculty and staff together, they help to foster the student services and academic experience while interaction that is so vital to promoting student strengthening the sense of campus community. engagement and campus community. As such, how these venues are designed can have a profound The College understands that students today effect on student success. crave a sense of belonging, and the Lafayette campus life system should strive to give every Recently, Lafayette College engaged Bon Appetit student that sense of being part of a known as its campus-wide food service vendor. This community. The renovation of the dining venues project has fostered the renovation of several will provide a residential life system that fosters dining venues on campus to improve service, to the development of a range of communities that coordinate with the capabilities and processes of provide a platform for intellectual engagement, its new food vendor, and to promote an updated friendship, and bonding. aesthetic consistent with the college’s mission and identity. The renovations will enhance dining SUPPORT ENTERTAINMENT IMPROVE FOSTERCONNECTIVITY COMMUNITY RELOCATE PROJECT COMFORTABLESTUDENT HUB GOALS SEATINGS FOOD LAFAYETTE ACCESS STORY HEALTHY FOOD PROJECT GOALS: foster communityprovide attractive, comfortable seating tell the Lafayette story provide fresh, healthy food provide variety of food access support robust use of Farinon improve connectivity support entertainment Location: Easton, Pennsylvania Size: 60,400 sf existing building Features: Lounges, Meeting spaces, Dining facilities, Bookstore, Retail destinations, Student Organizations, Theater, Student services. Design and implementation of 4 dining halls; 900 seats, appox. 20,000 sf total | 48

LOWER FARINONCAFE, GRAB + GO, HOT + COLD, SUSHI... COMMUNITY DINING, GRAB + GO LATE NIGHTINFORMAL, COMFORTABLEUPPER FARINONBOARD DINING, HOT + COLD, CHEF SPECIALS...UNIQUE, FRESH, HANG-OUT, COMMUNITYSPECIAL LOCAL, VARIETY RE-FRESHKIRBYCAFE, COFFEE, GRAB+GO, HOT + COLD...COMMUNITY FRESH INTIMATE MEET STUDY SEE + BE SEEN RELAXMARQUIS HALLBOARD DINING, EVENTS, FACULTY DINING ... FELLOWSHIP IDENTITY EVENTS COLLEGIALITY HERITAGE

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