Durham, NC
53,000 SF

This facility serves as both the physical center of the college’s campus and the heart of its daily student related operations. The building houses the bookstore, cafeteria, multipurpose meeting space, computer classrooms, registration, cashier’s, new student orientation, and various other vital school operations. The brick and metal panel facade work to blend into the context of the existing campus while announcing its presence to existing and prospective students alike.

The cafeteria provides food service to hundreds of students daily, offering a variety of different prepared and packaged meal options. With a full service kitchen, catering is also provided for the multipurpose space and the larger campus as a whole. The dining area provides indoor seating for 150 people with an abundance of natural light and a covered outdoor seating area with a direct connection to the landscaped courtyard.

Brett Hautop was project designer while employed at The Freelon Group, Architects.