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Miami-Dade College Academic Support Center
Miami-Dade College Academic Support Center
Miami, FL, United States
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Miami-Dade College Academic Support Center
Miami, FL, United States
Project Featured on Mar 04, 2015
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Built
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2012
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The Miami-Dade College Academic Support Center seamlessly unites both learning and administrative functions into a cohesive whole.
The 135,000-square-foot building is located on the eastern entry corridor of the campus. It will centralize all Student Services departments for the more than 120,000 students. The project includes 21 prototypical 930-square-foot classrooms, a resource and testing center, and hovers over a base of admission offices.
In keeping with Miami-Dade College’s priority of putting students first, the central atrium space is given over to the student body. The space enriches the existing student life on campus by containing all lounging, study, and campus information programs within the atrium.
The project is itself a learning tool helping the college achieve its 10 Learning Outcomes, of which is to describe how natural systems function and to recognize the impact humans make on the environment. The project includes two outdoor learning spaces. One of the spaces surrounds a ‘rain clock,’ which is a dry retention structure that adjusts seasonally to spatially register storm water. An open grid paving system conceals a shallow, custom rainwater cistern by the main entry, beautifully illustrating roof rainwater harvesting.
The 135,000-square-foot building is located on the eastern entry corridor of the campus. It will centralize all Student Services departments for the more than 120,000 students. The project includes 21 prototypical 930-square-foot classrooms, a resource and testing center, and hovers over a base of admission offices.
In keeping with Miami-Dade College’s priority of putting students first, the central atrium space is given over to the student body. The space enriches the existing student life on campus by containing all lounging, study, and campus information programs within the atrium.
The project is itself a learning tool helping the college achieve its 10 Learning Outcomes, of which is to describe how natural systems function and to recognize the impact humans make on the environment. The project includes two outdoor learning spaces. One of the spaces surrounds a ‘rain clock,’ which is a dry retention structure that adjusts seasonally to spatially register storm water. An open grid paving system conceals a shallow, custom rainwater cistern by the main entry, beautifully illustrating roof rainwater harvesting.
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