This configuration will allow related disciplines to use the same laboratory space. The new academic building will contain a modem chemistry laboratory that fully meets federal safety standards, and will be of a modem design that allows students to work cooperatively and with built-in access to communications technology. The entrances to the new academic building are opportunities to capture the spirit of Unity College in space and materials and to welcome students and visitors to tarry, convene, and share in community. Atrium space that blends and softens the boundaries between the outdoors and the indoors is viewed as a means of anchoring the building as a center of campus community. Here students and visitors alike are encouraged to interact informally, to participate in receptions, and to daily enjoy gallery exhibits.
Art is displayed and the soul is nurtured here.
As with the Learning Resource Center, the purpose of the atrium space is to foster learning interactions in informal settings that support and inspire. Facilities Support for Personalized Student Learning Among the distinguishing features of Unity College is its historical focus upon the outdoors as a learning laboratory and service learning venue for its students. The new academic building will integrate the outdoors into its spaces, celebrating and studying the magnificent visual regards within its rural landscape. The classrooms, conference space, laboratories and laboratory preparation spaces will be designed to facilitate the ongoing service learning, application in practice, experiential learning, interdisciplinary projects, which are the hallmarks of the Unity college experience.