The Course
Redesign Initiative at Lorain County Community College (LCCC) is campus-wide
effort to examine more efficient and effective ways for students and faculty to
interact. In 2009, LCCC engaged Sasaki to develop prototypical designs for
teaching and learning spaces to support the initiative. The discoveries of these
various design studies were brought to fruition in the iLOFT building where
Sasaki undertook a major renovation of LCCC's former library, transforming it
into a dynamic and innovative teaching and learning environment. The
most sustainable component of this project occurred long before design
commenced. When initially approached by the college, Sasaki was told that the
program would be accommodated in a new building to be constructed at the edge
of the campus. Instead, Sasaki recommended a comprehensive campus master plan
and space utilization study. The results of this study showed that through a
sequence of renovations to existing buildings coupled with better classroom
scheduling, it was not necessary to construct a new building. The iLOFT thus
became a renovation project rather than new construction, resulting in work
that was significantly more sustainable—both environmentally and
economically—than the original proposal.Sasaki worked extensively with the college to
survey the latest innovations in instructional spaces throughout the country.
Using these precedents, the team then collaborated with a broad spectrum of
faculty and administrators to determine how teaching and learning was occurring
on campus and what it meant in terms of the types of spaces that best support
these activities. The resultant design arranges the classrooms, or studios,
flanking both sides of the building along a flexible bar. This bar of space
allows the walls dividing the rooms to be easily relocated, enabling the
college to resize classrooms during the semester break. Directly outside these
classrooms are a variety of open and enclosed group study rooms that can either
be used by students as informal study spaces or by instructors for breakout
discussion groups during class time.
These classrooms and group study spaces surround a learning commons—a
technology-rich study space that allows students and faculty to collaborate and
access web-based databases as well as all college library materials. A suite of
faculty offices and adjunct faculty workstations anchors one end of the
building and a student lounge anchors the other.
The iLoft is a highly energized learning environment that extends learning
beyond the classroom, and fosters collaboration and interaction between faculty
and students.Consultants:Clark & Post
Architects, Inc., Associate ArchitectOzanne
Construction, ContractorTillotson Design
Group, LightingKarpinksi
Engineering, Electrical and MechanicalLKL Engineers,
StructuralImage credits:Scott
Pease PhotographyAwards:Honor Award for Design Excellence, Boston Society of
Architects

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