This long-awaited new dining facility provides micro-restaurant style dining options for over 800 students.
Project Details
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.
