Storm water runoff from the housing site and the expanded parking lot south of the Stadium will flow into a detention pond. Parking for Henrickson House will be relocated nearby. Dean Mark Govoni is chair and Richard Strong is project manager. The academic and dining building forms a quadrangle with Nourse and Myers, and preserves visual connections between the campus, lakes, and the Arboretum. It is designed to nestle into its surroundings and offer dining and academics in a comfortable and natural setting.
Materials are simple and connected to the natural site.
Concrete columns are the structural bones, and plaster ceiling clouds complete the loft effect of the dining space. The dining level is on schedule to open in early 2001. Exterior brick will be finished by the end of September, and then slate will be installed over the plywood on the front and back of the building. When the steel work on the front is finished, the copper roofing installation will begin. The first floor wallboard and plaster work have begun and the dining areas are really beginning to take shape.