If all of the floor plans and text descriptions of the collaboration spaces, meeting spaces, and individual study rooms still haven’t painted a clear picture in your mind, here are a few new renderings to see how the newly renovated library will look with several of the colors and finishes applied.
Exterior
Facing Southeast
There are new exterior views that focus on the 270° windows that will surround the lobby and provide panoramic views of the beautiful limestone campus. As requested in the 2022 input sessions, natural light seeps in from multiple directions in the various renderings of the lobby that leads to the entrance to the presentation space. An axon rendering of the north stairwell shows how the quarter-turn stairs will serve as columns of light, incorporating exterior windows and glass railings to accentuate the open air space. In the new rendering of the café and Writing Center, you can imagine that space filled with smells and buzzing with sounds of students grabbing a bite before class. The new renderings also provide a fresh glimpse of the areas for special collections and archives, including the Larry and Lyn Fenwick Reading Room. The rendering of the Honors College lounge shows how the intimate study space was specifically designed for a community of engaged learners. The axon renderings for the learning stair shows the dramatic way that the main level and lower level will be connected by sight, light, and sound as the amphitheater stairs lead down to the Makerspace and the Institute for New Media Studies along the technology zone on the lower level.
We can’t wait to see it in person!
