1 May 2007
Cal State Fullerton Embarks on New Business College Facility
Steven G. Mihaylo Hall is a five-story, 195,000-square-foot building intended to modernize, expand and relocate the school. |
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"The business school is spread across campus in four different buildings right now," says Marcia Harrison, campaign director for the college. "This building will allow the college facilities to all be housed in one building, under one roof. It will also provide more collaboration between faculty and faculty, students and students, and students and faculty."
Designed by HOK Los Angeles, the project comprises a curved building abutting Nutwood Avenue and East Campus Drive in Fullerton, with two "wings" - one 19,000 sq ft, the other 21,000 - situated in the inside curve.
"Our design philosophy was to tie the project back to the color palette of the existing campus," says Ernest Cirangle, HOK design director. "The hall is located on a campus that has a mixture of brick and precast and light panel systems on some of the buildings. We've integrated both of those colors salmon-colored brick and white plaster and metal panels - into the project to parrot back the character of the campus.
"The building is organized in a diagonal circulation pattern that brings people through the lobby to the central courtyard. On the more public side, we wanted to present a powerful gateway to the campus. We actually redirected the campus entrance so that the building now sits on the corner that is the predominant entrance to the campus."
Source: "Just Business," California Construction, May 2007, by David Silva. Read the story.
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