Miami University Armstrong Student Center
Oxford, OH
Category: 2015 Education
Bronze Winner Education
Architect: BHDP
Designer: William Rawn Assoc
Starnet Member:
Axis Interior Systems, Inc.
Starnet Preferred Vendors:
American Olean, Daltile, Johnsonite By Tarkett, MAPEI, Mohawk Soft Surfaces
Project Strategy
Miami University partnered with BHDP Architecture and William Rawn Associates Architects to move forward with their vision of creating a facility focused entirely on its student community. The Armstrong Student Center (ASC) is the embodiment of a great experience, built on the deep heritage of Ohio’s second oldest university in a contextual and site-sensitive manner. Three existing buildings have been adaptively repurposed and a new infill building was created to support a robust program for student socialization, recreation, scholarship, dining and student events. The 3-story center’s key spaces include a sky-lit “Interior Street”, 500-seat theater, large event space and a culinary marketplace ideal for the student on-the-go or set to study. Technological resources abound in the many distributed lounges and study spaces to promote scholarly and social interaction. The ASC also contains a multi-cultural suite, reflection room and Wikiami room dedicated to the Miami Native American tribe.
