The room has large windows facing south and west, and a continuous clerestory window below a sunscreen at roofline. The roof, exposed acoustical steel deck, is supported by a radial arrangement of thin trusses composed of steel angles and cable. Lighting of the space will be wall-mounted fixtures around the perimeter. A mural or relief work for the main entrance lobby of the library. The entrance doors open to a landing that is midway between the first and second floors.
Wide stairs lead up approximately six feet to the main library lobby on the upper level.
Natural light will enter the space through the glass vestibule on the west side. Recessed wall-washers are planned in the ceiling. The construction of a new 115,000 gross square foot science building on the Midtown campus of Western Connecticut State University in Danbury. Danbury is situated in Fairfield county near the greater metropolitan tri-state areas of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. The University has a highly diverse student population regarding cultural backgrounds as well as age.