The Student Center serves as a crossroads of the campus, linking students and staff of different programs, creating a destination. Designers explored various ways of connecting four existing academic buildings to create a campus heart.The design solution helps to create a space that reflects ICC’s Core Values: Learning, Community, Integrity, Responsibility, and Excellence.
Provide a Student Life Hub for an urban community college campus, that is utilizing a former mental health institution.
The student center connects the four academic buildings to create a campus crossroads. It features 45,000 s.f. of student amenity spaces. The glassy, open, two-story building is a new anchor point and acts as a gathering place for students to learn, socialize, dine and shop.
- Library
- Tutoring Center
- Bookstore
- Conference Spaces
- Dining Space
- Offices for Student Clubs
Several of Richland Community College’s high-performing programs were in need of renovated spaces to refocus the emphasis of learning to a student-centered model.
Utilizing input from students, faculty and the community, the new Carroll Center for Innovative learning was developed as a 21st century learning environment. The re-invented area includes formal and informal educational spaces that were right sized to support varied class sizes.
To attract and keep students, while also inspiring them to be leaders in technology-focused fields, Illinois College had to prioritize collaborative spaces and resources. Crispin Hall now connects students and faculty with the tools and technology they need to prosper now and in the future.