Get inspired
  • GRANDS PRIX DU DESIGN
  • Galas
  • Articles
  • News
  • eMagazine
  • Search
  • My account
  • FR

Share to

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

The project in images

See other pictures of the project

Photo credit : Eric Staudenmaier Photography

Filter: Education/Institution, Public Building

See other pictures of the project

Photo credit : Eric Staudenmaier Photography

Filter: Education/Institution, Public Building

See other pictures of the project

Photo credit : Eric Staudenmaier Photography

Filter: Education/Institution, Public Building

See other pictures of the project

Photo credit : Eric Staudenmaier Photography

Filter: Collaborative and Open-plan Space, Education/Institution, Public Building

See other pictures of the project

Photo credit : Eric Staudenmaier Photography

Filter: Collaborative and Open-plan Space, Education/Institution, Public Building

See other pictures of the project

Photo credit : Eric Staudenmaier Photography

Filter: Education/Institution, Public Building

See other pictures of the project

Photo credit : Eric Staudenmaier Photography

Filter: Collaborative and Open-plan Space, Education/Institution, Public Building

See other pictures of the project

Photo credit : Eric Staudenmaier Photography

Filter: Collaborative and Open-plan Space, Education/Institution, Public Building

See other pictures of the project

Photo credit : Eric Staudenmaier Photography

Filter: Collaborative and Open-plan Space, Education/Institution, Public Building

See other pictures of the project

Photo credit : Eric Staudenmaier Photography

Filter: Collaborative and Open-plan Space, Education/Institution, Public Building

See other pictures of the project

Photo credit : Eric Staudenmaier Photography

Filter: Education/Institution, Public Building

Stay tuned

Subscribe to the newsletter

INTÉRIEURS Magazine

Get the next issue

INT Magazine
  • INT Design

  • Galas
  • Contests
  • Articles
  • News
  • Magazine

  • Subscription
  • Customer Portal
  • Virtual Magazine
  • Communication

  • Contact
  • About

  • Our Story
Facebook Pinterest
Instagram LinkedIn

© 2023 AGENCE PID. All rights reserved.