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Oxnard College Library Learning Resource Center
By : Paul Murdoch Architects
GRANDS PRIX DU DESIGN – 14e édition
Discipline : Interior Design
Categories : Education, Institution & Healthcare / High School & College : Platinum Winner
The project explores the changing role and needs of a community college library. Today’s college students are the first generation to “grow up digitally.” New information and communication technologies are requiring innovative spaces that are adaptable for a wide range of shared and individual learning modalities.
Library, learning and tutorial departments in an existing building each had their own distinct areas, staff and resources, causing redundancies and creating a disorienting experience for students. Goals of the new facility were to integrate resources, thereby reducing capital and operating costs, and to offer comprehensive, student-centered services in one location.
The new building features a cylindrical drum with a triangular mezzanine, dubbed by students, “The Bridge” (as in Star Trek’s Starship Enterprise), that serves as a flexible learning hub where digital and printed media are shared. By integrating different services in the drum, students have a clear orientation to service desks and the variety of resources available. A 100,000-volume printed collection, with quiet study and reading spaces, is located on the 2nd floor and 440 computer and media stations are on the first floor. Three adjoining wings house distinct department functions and allow future growth. Skylights provide diffused light throughout the central drum, while perimeter spaces use floor to ceiling glass for natural lighting and campus views.
Collaboration
Architect : Paul Murdoch Architects
Engineering : AE Group
Engineering : Lucci & Associates
Engineering : Schrimer Engineering
Other : Plannet
Landscape Architecture : Landmark Design
Lighting : J S Nolan & Associates Lighting Design, LLC
Manufacturer - Distributor : Security Hardware Inc.
Photographer : Eric Staudenmaier Photography
