28 ISENBERG SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT BUSINESS INNOVATION HUB, AMHERST, MASSACHUSETTS
The shifting, domino-effect of the new facility can be seen from across the university campus – displaying a complex facade of vertical pillars, which gradually slope downwards as if tumbling onto one another
stairway, and classroom chairs that can be easily manoeuvred for theatre-style lectures or small-group work. Similarly, throughout the building daylighting has been maximised where possible, such as around the entrance, where natural light penetrates inside from both the campus and the inner courtyard. The levels of daylighting provided by the designers, as well as the building’s overall atmosphere, have already seen it gain notable praise, with one user quoted as saying ”they want to be in the building all the time”. Walking around this floor, the building’s loop form creates the circular internal courtyard, with the linear structure hugging it. Inside this courtyard, the space is intended to provide a forum for the students, faculty and professionals to meet, mingle and “mix society and academia.”
This courtyard is surrounded by the internal spaces of the facility on all sides, with copious glazing providing interaction inside and out and daylighting for work. In the courtyard space itself, the architects
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have designed an open-air garden and stone benches, which are intended to create an “oasis for collaboration and contemplation.”
Access has been provided between this open space and the campus via two pathways between the original Isenberg building and the Business Innovation Hub. The project team have not just allocated this for the ground floor, however, with the building being fused by two bridges above those paths. One is a large bridge cloaked in copper, which is intended as the gateway to the courtyard, while the other, the smaller bridge, displays glazing aimed at providing a visual continuity around the building’s interior courtyard.
Going back inside and up to the second and third floors, students and staff occupy the innovation labs, ‘advising’ spaces and faculty offices. To support the career development of every Isenberg student, classrooms have been equipped with integrated technology for distance learning. As well as this, a new function, named the Chase Career Centre, has been provided with 15 new interview rooms, alongside
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