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Mori Hosseini Student Union at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Mori Hosseini Student Union at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
© Brad Feinknopf

MORI HOSSEINI STUDENT UNION AT EMBRY-RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY

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MEP/F ENGINEERING
OCI Engineerings

MEP ENGINEER
OCI Engineerings

CIVIL ENGINEERING
Parker Mynchenberg & Associates

STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING
Thornton Tomasetti

GENERAL CONTRACTOR
Barton Malow

CLIENT
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

MANUFACTURERS
MetalTech-USA, Sika, Terrazzo & Marble, Armstrong Ceilings, Super Sky Skylights, West Tampa Glass, Pyrok StarSilent

LIGHTING DESIGNER
Fisher Marantz Stone

LANDSCAPE
Prosser

FIRE PROTECTION
OCI Engineerings

PHOTOGRAPHS
Brad Feinknopf

AREA
16722 m²

YEAR
2018

LOCATION
Daytona Beach, United States

CATEGORY
University

Text description provided by architect.

Inspired by the gracefulness of birds in flight, the student union building at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University is an expression of its mission to teach the science, practice and business of aviation and aerospace.

Mori Hosseini Student Union at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
© Brad Feinknopf
Mori Hosseini Student Union at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
© Brad Feinknopf

Located at the front door to the campus, the building’s gently-soaring form expressing flight  creates an iconic identity for the University and embodies its student’s values of fearlessness, adventure and discovery.

Internally, the student union building is an aeronautical athenaeum combining social learning spaces, events, dining and the University library.

Mori Hosseini Student Union at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
© Brad Feinknopf
Mori Hosseini Student Union at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
© Brad Feinknopf

A soaring, triple-height commons anchors and integrates the collaborative social and learning interiors.

Wrapping this space and open to it are lounges, dining venues, group study rooms, clubs and organizations, career services and the University library as well as an event center, creating a virtual “city within a city”.

Mori Hosseini Student Union at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
© Brad Feinknopf
Mori Hosseini Student Union at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
© Brad Feinknopf

The 177,000-square-foot facility houses student lounge spaces, a dining commons and food court on the first floor.

Also on the first floor is an events center that can accommodate up to 900 people and is divisible into six separate salons.

Mori Hosseini Student Union at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
© Brad Feinknopf
Mori Hosseini Student Union at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
© Brad Feinknopf

The upper floors contain offices for student clubs and organizations, classrooms, computer labs and group study rooms.

The top floor houses the University library which is set beneath a dynamic 200-foot arching skylight and opens the sky to the library. 

Mori Hosseini Student Union at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
© Brad Feinknopf
Mori Hosseini Student Union at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
© Brad Feinknopf

A roof terrace on the second floor allows students to gaze upon the adjacent runway of Daytona International Airport and beyond to rocket launches from Cape Canaveral.



Mori Hosseini Student Union at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
© Brad Feinknopf
Mori Hosseini Student Union at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
© Brad Feinknopf
Mori Hosseini Student Union at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
© Brad Feinknopf
Mori Hosseini Student Union at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
© Brad Feinknopf
Mori Hosseini Student Union at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
© Brad Feinknopf


Mori Hosseini Student Union at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
1st floor plan
Mori Hosseini Student Union at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
2nd floor plan
Mori Hosseini Student Union at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
3rd floor plan
Mori Hosseini Student Union at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
4th floor plan


Mori Hosseini Student Union at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Site plan
Mori Hosseini Student Union at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
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