Sasaki Associates, Inc.

Clemson University Core Campus Dining Facility

Clemson University Core Campus Dining Facility
© Jonathon Hillyer

CLEMSON UNIVERSITY CORE CAMPUS DINING FACILITY

Sasaki

ARCHITECTS
Sasaki

CONTRACTOR
Whiting-Turner

ARCHITECT OF RECORD
Stevens & Wilkinson

PHOTOGRAPHS
Jonathon Hillyer

AREA
81000 ft²

YEAR
2016

LOCATION
Clemson, United States

CATEGORY
Dining Hall, Dorms

Text description provided by architect.

The Clemson University Core Campus Dining Facility is a 81,000 square foot, 1,200 seat modern food service facility that offers freshly prepared daily meals via a variety of open cooking venues and houses five different late night retail venues and a small P.O.D. convenience store.

Clemson University Core Campus Dining Facility
© Jonathon Hillyer
Clemson University Core Campus Dining Facility
© Jonathon Hillyer

As part of Clemson's redevelopment of its "Core Campus" construction of this dining facility proceeded in tandem with new student housing construction, designed by VMDO Architects. 

These projects as a whole address the growing demand for contemporary housing and dining options in support of the university's goals of retaining more sophomore students on campus, and maintaining its position in the top 20 national public universities.

A new pedestrian spine, the "Clemson Walk", connects Fort Hill to the south and Alpha Beta Drive to the north and acts as a key organizing space of the Core Complex.

Clemson University Core Campus Dining Facility
© Jonathon Hillyer
Clemson University Core Campus Dining Facility
© Jonathon Hillyer

The new dining hall is located along the edge of the Clemson Walk and helps define a new urban edge with courtyards and terraces enlivened by the surrounding dining entrances, retail venues, outdoor seating, and colorful seasonal landscapes.

The Main Dining Hall is highlighted along the Clemson Walk by a stately brick colonnade, book-ended by two-story glass spaces that are accessed via welcoming entry porches.

Clemson University Core Campus Dining Facility
© Jonathon Hillyer
Clemson University Core Campus Dining Facility
© Jonathon Hillyer

A sculptural folding roof, visible from the Clemson Walk, extends east to west over the two-story dining space that opens onto a mezzanine, and folds down the west elevation to define the grand two-story dining hall.


Clemson University Core Campus Dining Facility
Floor Plan

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