Project Tag: Higher Education
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Wells Quadrangle Residence Halls and Dining Facility
A Seamless Addition to Goodbody Hall Enhances Dining and Outdoor Gathering at Wells Quad
The design of the addition to Goodbody Hall required a solution that integrated seamlessly into the architectural character of Wells Quadrangle. The 1-story addition emerges from the base of the existing Goodbody Hall, and houses a dining area with open views toward the quad. A roof terrace above is accessed from both the exterior grade and the second level. This elevated terrace provides options for outdoor seating and a sweeping overlook to the quad.
Coordinated Renovation Maximizes Space While Delivering Modern Systems and Student Housing
The overall project required careful coordination to maximize usable space while accommodating updated MEP systems and the technology infrastructure demanded by today’s residence halls.
The renovation created accommodations for 174 students. The room configuration is comprised of a mix of 2-bedroom apartments, 2-bedrooms suites, single rooms, and double rooms. A variety of restroom configurations are available depending on the room type.
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3rd & Union Student Apartments
3rd & Union Blends Classic Limestone Architecture with Modern Student Amenities
Located in Indiana University’s Southeast Neighborhood, 3rd & Union provides students with a low-cost on-campus apartment option. The design blends traditional Gothic features with state-of-the-art amenities and sustainable design. The building features a limestone façade, steep roof with slate-look shingles, and a tunnel-like breezeway between its south and north wings.
Private Apartments and Shared Spaces Support a Living-Learning Community
The facility houses a combination of 102 one-bedroom and studio apartments designed to attract and retain upperclassmen and graduate students on campus. Each unit features a full kitchen, living area, bedroom, and private bathroom. The programming for the facility is rounded out with multipurpose spaces, a technology center, and laundry facilities that allow the building to facilitate a true living-learning community. In addition, the facility has two storage areas tucked into the exterior walls of the building providing complete shelter for bikes hanging on wall-mounted racks and a spacious recycling room conveniently located next to the exit.
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Mark Cuban Center for Sports Media and Technology
Immersive Studios, Editing Suites, and Dedicated Offices for Indiana University Sports Media
The spaces that make up the Cuban Center include a virtual reality TV studio, video editing room, sound editing room, conference room, photography studio, media storage room, and offices for the Indiana University Sports Media Department. Court-level renovations were necessary to accommodate a supporting control room and server room.
A Transparent, Collaborative Environment with Sound‑Controlled Separation
The Center is designed to be very modern, open, visible, and collaborative while still maintaining sound control by utilizing sound-resistant glass walls to separate spaces.
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Read Hall
Teaching Kitchen Classroom Designed for Interactive Culinary-Style Instruction
Attached to the working kitchen, a student learning space with 5 team learning stations creates a classroom for approximately 20 to 25 students for demonstrations and hands on learning – similar to that found in a culinary program or school. All students can observe the work in the classroom, which is also equipped with video capabilities for recording and distance learning.
Team Collaboration Delivers Complex Kitchen Infrastructure Within a Historic Dormitory Framework
The design implementation challenges included the constraints of the space in a 1952 six-story residential dormitory building. Special skill was required to include seven exhaust hoods and make-up air equipment in an existing limited first floor space, with dormitory spaces above. The geometry of the available areas, a raised concrete floor area in the middle of the proposed kitchen, and the limits of the structural grid required a unique approach for the plan and equipment layouts. Through collaboration by team members and University staff, the project succeeded in meeting the working needs of the catering staff, despite the limits.
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Bartlett Reflection Center
A Glass-Walled Gathering Room Designed to Inspire Dialogue and Connection
The Center is anchored by a glass-walled gathering room featuring a towering limestone fireplace that serves as a backdrop to group discussions, lectures, sermons, and events.
Academic and Reflective Spaces Enhanced by Outdoor Decks and Natural Surroundings
The building also includes a theological library and extensive outdoor deck areas in order to enjoy the surrounding environment.
A Sustainably Designed Building Integrating Regional Materials, Ecological Restoration, and Daylit Interiors
The small structure was designed sustainably to minimize its impact on the environment and its immediate environs. The building was constructed with natural, regional, and recycled materials. The site and adjacent habitat were restored with native Indiana plants and incorporate a natural rainwater treatment pond. The interior environments were designed to maximize natural light, views, human comfort, and controllability. CSO completed this project in conjunction with Lake Flato.
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Marriott Hall
Student-Operated Restaurants Anchored by a Teaching Kitchen
The interior features a two-story dining space with a coffee bar and two student-operated restaurants: The John Purdue Room, a fine-dining restaurant in which students prepare and serve the food and manage the kitchen and dining room, and The Boiler Bistro, a quick-service restaurant where the food is cooked to order. These spaces are supported by the Teaching Kitchen, which functions as a lab as well as the main kitchen preparation area for the facility.
Culinary Instruction Anchored by a Live Teaching Kitchen
A 95-seat demonstration hall consists of a lecture room with a kitchen that is used to teach cooking classes.
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Joshi Performance Hall
Blending Acoustic Performance with Visual Warmth
Each element of the design supplements the integrated sound system, in order to achieve a harmonious balance of sound and “sparkle”. The formerly carpeted walls are now clad in rich wood paneling and acoustic diffusion systems which add physical and acoustical warmth to the space.
Sophisticated Textures and Color Create a Fully Immersive Experience
Deep red tapestry has been integrated into the side walls to add an air of sophistication to the space. All of the elements work together and create an experience for every patron, allowing them to be completely enveloped by the art being performed on stage.
A World‑Class Venue Designed for Performance, Education, and Recording
The performance hall provides a world class venue for chamber music, soloist, and small ensemble performances in addition to providing the use of state-of-the-art recording equipment for students and faculty.
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Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall
An Iconic New Entry that Welcomes Fans and Elevates the Game-Day Experience
A new atrium space allows views between the entry and main concourse. This is the center of the new space and features a reinvented version of Athlete’s Hall and a panoramic window allowing views into the arena. The new arrival area supports existing traditions while offering a space for new traditions, events, and ceremonies to take place. The new entry is conveniently located, and visible escalators create a clear and efficient means for moving spectators through the space into the arena.
Premium Viewing Experience
A new Box Seat Club offers an exceptional viewing experience of events.
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Health Sciences Building
A Forward‑Looking Facility Designed for Adaptability, Visibility, and Connection
The building design presents a transparent, flexible concept that allows for current and future needs of the programs housed within. The building’s prominent location creates an ideal venue for an outdoor seating and interaction area adjacent to the indoor café.
Bringing Health Science Programs Together in a Shared, Collaborative Learning Hub
The building consolidates several departments into a collaborative and integrated learning environment that promotes intellectual and social interaction among students and faculty. Included in the design are teaching spaces, faculty areas, research labs, and wellness-related areas for the physical therapy, occupational therapy, nursing, kinesiology, and psychology programs.
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Honors College and Residences
Where Research, Active Learning, and Innovation Converge
The academic spaces consist of approximately 40,000 square feet to accommodate faculty and staff offices, classrooms, innovation space, and study spaces. Learning and leadership opportunities include a STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and agriculture, math) research lab, active learning studios, and an Innovation Forum – featuring an interactive, programmable floor – provides a showcase for student projects.
STEAM Research Lab
A dedicated STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and agriculture, math) research lab is thoughtfully designed to foster experiential learning, innovation, and leadership.
The Great Hall Stands at the Center of the Honors College Experience
The “Great Hall”, a flexible space that can be configured to seat more than 400 for lectures, presentations, and events, is the centerpiece of the Honors College. The space is located in the center of the community with access to a primary campus path and greenspace.
Living Learning Community Designed for Connection
The two buildings that make up the community – each with academic space and residential space – are located within the University’s “student success corridor.” Over 800 students live in clusters of roughly 24 students in pod configurations complemented by community and social areas designed to foster informal interaction and collaboration.
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Basketball Locker Room
Carefully Crafted Material Palette Reinforces IU Tradition and Iconic Branding While Creating an Energetic, Athlete-Focused Space
In order to meet the goals for the project, the design team incorporated wood, limestone, and back painted glass as the foundation of the finish palette. These finishes would serve as a clean backdrop to the iconic branding components found in the furnishings and implemented throughout the design. The overall composition created the motivational and energetic space required to attract new athletes, while reminding them of the honor involved in representing IU.
As a program we want our players to experience the best of the best, and as we took inventory on how we wanted to do things as a new staff, one of the things we really approached was a new area for our team and creating an environment that is cutting edge and second to none. I think that’s what we have been able to create here. “
–Coach Archie Miller
As quoted in IU Athletics’ Press Release
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North West Residence Hall
Well‑Planned Residential Living with Shared Amenities on Every Floor
Each residential floor includes approximately 27 student rooms—primarily doubles—with shared bath facilities and a dedicated lounge and kitchen.
Two‑Story Connector with Shared Facilities and Learning Environments
A central connector between each tower houses shared facilities such as laundry, group study, lounge, fitness center, mail, and administrative office spaces. Included in this two-story connector is a large multi-purpose room for the community, as well as designated Living-Learning maker spaces for Education.
Student Makerspace and Learning Resource Center
The makerspace on the second floor of North West Residence Hall was created for students in education and humanities programs, with an open, flexible layout designed to support hands on learning and access to a wide range of equipment and technology.
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Pfau Hall Renovation
Expanded Facilities Support Hands-On Learning and Student Collaboration
Modernized Labs Advance Life and Physical Sciences Education
The second area of interior renovation included an 8,800 sf renovation for the Life and Physical Sciences program. Renovated lab spaces include Anatomy, Biology, Microbiology, and Chemistry labs. Each of the labs includes large laboratory prep areas with separate exhaust hoods and storage. Many of these labs existed previously within Pfau Hall, but this project relocated them to a central location and completely modernized the spaces.
Comprehensive Interior Upgrades Deliver New Layouts, Systems, and Building Infrastructure
Renovation to all areas included a new space / wall layout, all new finishes, new mechanical/electrical/plumbing systems (including HVAC systems and LED lighting throughout), new information technology infrastructure, and a new fire suppression system because the existing building was not sprinkled.
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Belknap Village North & South Residence Halls
Traditional Double and Single Rooms Organized for Efficiency
For the purpose of efficiency, floor plans for each phase are similar and include traditional-style double- and single-bedroom units arranged around a group of private-use bathrooms.
Spaces for Collaboration and Community
Amenities for each new facility will include a large multi-purpose room, collaboration spaces, a recreation/game room, a community kitchen, and multiple student lounges.
Designed for Outdoor Living and Learning
The buildings are designed to maximize the use of exterior spaces and to engage the students in active areas of living and learning.
As Design Architect on the project, CSO teamed with JRA Architects, of Louisville, as the architect of record for the project.
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MADE@Plainfield
A Two‑Story Central Lobby Welcomes Tenants
and Showcases LearningThe two-story lobby at the main entrance is positioned at the building’s center to provide easy access for all tenants. The lobby is branded as MADE@Plainfield and features a reception desk, restrooms and dining area, offering direct views into both the flex lab and robotics lab for visitors.
Light‑Filled Corridors Support Study and Collaboration
The main public corridors extend along the two window walls and incorporate the study and collaboration areas positioned along the outside walls. Natural light and exterior views make these inviting spaces for students.
Interior Windows Bring Daylight into Classrooms
Natural light also floods into the adjacent classrooms spaces along the other side of these corridors though their interior windows. Large lab spaces are positioned behind the classrooms, allowing classrooms to have a direct connection.
The project’s success comes from its unified appearance while at the same time meeting the individual needs of a diverse group of stakeholders.
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North Dining Facility
A Dining Destination with Eight Distinct Micro-Restaurants
The facility provides 685 seats in a variety of seating areas and offers Micro-Restaurant style dining with eight different restaurant concepts.
Centralized prep kitchen and dish washing areas, along with other back-of-house spaces, will support the dining operations. Dining and kitchen spaces are located on the main level.
In addition to dining, the facility houses the administrative offices for Dining & Food Services and Housing & Residence Life. These office facilities are on a second level, with a designated entrance along McKinley Ave. This project was designed in collaboration with Hanbury.
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McNutt Quadrangle Dining Facility
Axial Windows and Curved Form Anchor McNutt Dining to the Central Green
Large windows are placed on axis with new green space created by North Housing. The new dining project is an anchor to this new central green. A large curved wall of the addition gives reverence to the new green spaces and follows the projected path students take as they transfer southeast to main campus. The new architecture of McNutt Dining is carefully knitted into the context of McNutt Quadrangle as well as the adjacent new housing project.
Modern Design Rooted in Tradition
The architectural expression of the new building addition is sympathetic to the existing Mid-Century Modern architecture of McNutt Quadrangle. Indiana ashlar limestone used on the existing building is used in the same application on the new addition.
A Micro‑Restaurant Dining Experience Supported by a Centralized Back‑of‑House
The micro-restaurant style dining concept includes ten different themed restaurant concepts, a new Starbucks, and a convenience store (C-Store). A centralized prep kitchen and dishwashing area, loading dock and other back-of-house spaces support the dining operations.
Expansion Creates a New Front Door to North Housing
CSO collaborated with Hanbury and BakerGroup on the design of this project.
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Lacy School of Business
Open, Visible Spaces That Spark Creative Collisions
The design provides visibility by creating transparent spaces that invite participation in central locations around the multi-story atrium at the heart of the building. In addition, the central, broad, open stairs and generous balconies encourage creative collisions as students, faculty, and visitors move and interact throughout the building.
A Hub Where Learning, Business, and Collaboration Converge
The Innovation Commons, which opens onto the central atrium, is equipped for students to start and run their own businesses as well as a wide range of other types of experiential learning. The Centers, distributed around the main level, provide space where business professionals, faculty, and students work together to solve business challenges. Glass overhead doors open to connect to the atrium and convey the importance and vitality of that work to the school and its guests.
A Legacy Woven into the Building: The Story of Andre B. Lacy
The Butler Business School is named in honor of Andre B. Lacy, a local, successful entrepreneur and philanthropist, as well as a committed family man and daring adventurer. CSO’s design honored his life with a series of installations that incorporate a collection of custom-designed icons representing his many facets. The icons appear throughout the building as design elements in areas such as the rug in the main atrium and small medallions that are hidden throughout the building.
A Timeline of Growth, Purpose, and Possibility
A timeline of Andre Lacy’s life takes the form of 25 envelopes, connecting his first job in a mailroom and the endowment gift, reminding students that their humble beginnings can build to something great.
Design Details That Carry Memory, Craft, and Continuity
The design team also featured objects that were important to Lacy – the time clock Lacy once used to clock into his job and the motorcycle he rode across continents. These were both gifts from the family who were intimate collaborators on the project.
The conference table in the board room adjacent to the Dean’s office features the Lacy family knot and is a duplication of a table that exists at Lacy’s corporate headquarters.
A New Landmark Shaping the Heart of the Campus
Located in a prominent place on the campus, visible from the east entrance, the building completes the cross axis of the original campus masterplan. The building’s vertical towers and active silhouette reflect the characteristics of the much-loved historic campus. The building replaces a parking lot and defines the intersection of the two major green spaces at the center of the campus. CSO completed this project in collaboration with Goody Clancy.
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Moravec Hall
Integrated Classrooms, Labs, and Student Support Spaces
In addition to classrooms and laboratories, this two-story facility contains a student commons, offices for enrollment and advising services, as well as administrative spaces.
Hands‑On Learning for Healthcare and Technical Fields
The academic courses at this campus focus on healthcare sectors, including nursing, dental assisting, medical assisting, phlebotomy, and surgical tech with labs for health science and visual communication programs as well as a flight simulator for the aviation program.
A Central Social Stair Connecting Learning and Collaboration
The building design revolves around a central, two-story spine that has a social stair as its focus. This is not only a communicating stair but provides intermediate landings for study and collaboration. Above the social stair are three large roof monitors which provide ample daylight to the center of the building.
Student Commons and Community Room Support Campus Events
The stair anchors a large Student Commons on the first floor, which is used for a variety of college events. Immediately adjacent to the Commons is a 156-seat Community Room, which has sliding doors on the corner allowing these spaces to be combined for larger events.
CSO collaborated with IwamotoScott Architecture on the design of this project. Design for the project started in February 2020 and continued uninterrupted through the COVID-19 Pandemic. Most of the design, approval and documentation was conducted remotely. Ivy Tech contracted directly with CSO for architect-of-record, engineering and furniture selection & procurement services then selected IwamotoScott Architecture via a design competition sponsored by the Cummins Foundation. This project was part of grant funded by the Cummins Foundation Architectural Program in 2019.
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