Commons Building Westmont College Global Leadership Center Santa Barbara, California Share: Having successfully completed the design and construction of Winters Hall and Adams Center for the Visual Arts, we were hired by Westmont College to undertake a major building project—the Global Leadership Center. Realizing that returning 4th-year students were opting to find housing off-campus after their year abroad, the College engaged us to develop a housing prototype that would be attractive to older students. Combined with this, was the College’s creation of a Global Learning Program that could be integrated with the student residences, providing a living/learning environment for a core group of students. Architecturally, the buildings are designed as “tree houses,” nestled among the site’s native oak groves, employing wood and stone to blend with the natural environment. The Commons Building is divided into two segments, reducing its mass while encouraging pedestrian flow through the building. Project Data Complete 44,874 gsf LEED Gold Program & Highlights 140 student beds in three-bedroom suites Communal kitchens Commons with multipurpose room, game room/TV room Group study rooms Business center Visiting faculty studio apartment Resident Director apartment & office space Fitness center Catering kitchen for leadership functions Laundry facilities Café Collaborators General Contractor: MATT Construction Structural Engineer: John A. Martin & Associates Mechanical/Electrical Engineer: Buro Happold Civil Engineer: Mac Design Associates Audio/Visual: Multi-Media Consulting, Inc Lighting: Horton Lees Brogden Lighting Design Landscape Architect: Van Atta Associates Photography: Eric Staudenmaier Related Links University of California-Los Angeles Northwest Campus Housing Infill Harvey Mudd College Residence Hall Claremont McKenna Mid-Quad Residences

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