Miami Dade College Academic Support Center
MIAMI DADE COLLEGE ACADEMIC SUPPORT CENTER
Perkins+Will
MANUFACTURERS
Lutron, Cooper Lighting, HUFCOR, Leland, SONOS, Tate Access Floors, Teknion, Alumiglass, Metromont with Tellus Florida
YEAR
2012
LOCATION
Miami, United States
CATEGORY
Other Facilities
Text description provided by architect.
The Miami Dade College Academic Support Center seamlessly unites both learning and administrative functions into a cohesive whole.
The 135,000 SF building is located on the eastern entry corridor of the campus.
It will centralize all Student Services departments for the more than 120,000 students.
In keeping with Miami Dade College’s priority of putting students first, the central atrium space is given over to the student body.
An open grid paving system conceals a shallow custom rain water cistern by the main entry. Beautifully illustrating roof rain-water harvesting.
The project includes 21 prototypical 930 SF classrooms, a Resource and Testing Center and hovers over a base of admission offices.
The space enriches the existing student life on campus by con- taining all lounging.
The project is itself a learning tool help- ing the college achieve its 10 Learning Outcomes.
Study and campus information programs within the atrium. The project includes two outdoor learning spaces.
Among which is to describe how natural systems function and recognize the impact humans make on the environment.
One of the spaces surrounds a ‘rain clock’ which is a dry retention structure that adjusts seasonally to spatially register storm- water.
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