The New CEAP Building

Living Walls

By lnickles | August 13, 2009

Article from the Chronicle of Higher Ed about a small trend for Living Walls and their benefits.

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New Buildings Around the Country

By lnickles | October 15, 2008

The Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription required, free on campus) has a website showcasing new academic buildings around the country. Follow this link to view them.

Tell us one or more of your favorites and why.

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Specific Features of the New Building

By lnickles | October 3, 2008

Here are ideas on the specific features of the building that were shared at the visioning meeting.

Enviro friendly – Solar panels?!
Inside & Outside spaces
Community room/area
Kitchen
Main café & bakery
Daycare/ charter school
Observation mirrors
Ropes course- team building
Basement faculty parking!
Outside classroom – covered/open place like picnic area
Create teachable moments
Participant vs. spectator
A building where our students can participate
Offices large enough to meet with students
Environmentally friendly
Natural lighting
Spacious areas
Cooled & heated efficiently
Water run by sensors
Handicapped accessible
Student resource center in SPED program
Offices for meetings
Technology friendly & up to date classroom
Adequate parking
Central info center for visitors, students questions
Environmentally conscious also fits with environment
Aesthetically
Outside courtyard
Open space- fosters sense of community
Opens to inside
Natural lighting

Coffee/Café

Students:
o    Exemplif. Models DDL/Diversity
o    Education/learning environment
o    Community areas
o    Study areas
o    Comfortable chairs
o    Computer labs (more, bigger, better)
o    Better bathrooms
o    Outside areas (shaded and unshaded)
o    Meeting rooms
o    Reference/resource room
o    Parking
o    Labs (science…)
o    Auditorium
Faculty/Staff:
o    Meeting/conference room
o    Labs
o    Bathrooms
o    Separate area for Grad_students
o    Bigger break room with kitchen area
o    “Mail” Room
o    Better parking
o    Resource room
o    Storage
o    Conference space
o    Accessible offices
Community:
o    Outside space – eating, relax, play
o    Auditorium
o    Meeting rooms
o    Media center
o    “Spanish” materials
o    Childcare/babysitting avail.
o    Transportation available
o    Bicycle spaces
o    Golf carts availability
o    Multicultural activity
o    Lending library

ITV Room
Multiple purpose room
o    Walls move
o    Furniture move
Place for conferences/symposium?
Inviting ownership for students to gather, have places for them “stuff”
o    One for faculty, students, GA’s, and for Researchers
Rooms for “floating” employees, etc.
“Work” rooms – spread out to be creative
Tables & Chairs (good shapes, functional & light)
Theater/stadium seating with pull out desks/writing space
Safety & Flow
Coffee & sandwich shop in building
Welcome with huge TV screen & 3-D Building floor plan
Outside space amphitheatre/garden/etc.

Cozy spaces for learning & socializing
Students spent time here
Environmentally friendly
Classrooms for elementary, middle, high
Model accessible spaces
Space for public school partners
Public spaces inside & out
Sculpture garden/display areas
Student displays
Commons area – coffee/local vendors
Centralized media/library/technology center with student materials
(No Paper) No books
Universal design for learning
Cars parked at a distance
Student work spaces
Clear visual spaces
o    No cardboard placed in hallways
o    Places for storage of equipment
o    Spaces for refrigerators, microwaves, etc.
Community bicycles
Keyless entries
Fixtures & furniture that wears well
No grouped departments to facilitate collaboration
Lots of light & view of green & color of out of doors
Plan bigger than what we currently are
Have a clear main entrance

No arm desk
Ergonomic
Adult furnishings that are appropriate for contemporary instructional delivery techniques
Places for students to work together
Various sizes of conference rooms
Wireless
Study nooks
Offices with windows, lots of natural light
Real childcare – emergency childcare for faculty, students, & staff

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Focus and Emphasis in the New Building

By lnickles | October 3, 2008

Here are ideas on the focus and emphasis of the building design that were shared at the visioning meeting.

Not a 1 Room Schoolhouse

Encourages collaboration community, creativity – a building that is aesthetically pleasing a lot of natural light
A place that emphasizes the QEP and stewards of place
That encourage scholarships of application and scholarship of teaching
Open spaces, natural light, environmentally conscious
A place faculty enjoy being

Collaboration
Comfortable/java city/Inviting
Students first
Innovative pervasive technology
Inclusion
Flexibility
Authentic practice
Regionally connected community

Central Theme – Students are our Focus

Community:
o    Nooks
o    Conference rooms – visible
o    Not closed off
o    Faculty offices- strategically placed for purposeful collaboration
o    Cross fertilization
Embracing all people
o    Multi/cultural
o    Accessible in all aspects
o    Public spaces
Learning:
o    Education is visible
o    Outside space environment
o    Ergonomic, adult furnishings appropriate for contemporary instructional delivery techniques
o    Simulated classrooms – PK(19) and beyond
o    LABORATORIES (e.g. psych)
Invitational
o    Receptive (point of contact)
o    People friendly
o    “courses in session”
Celebratory
o    Evidence of past accomplishments; not necessarily static
o    Art that is cycled regularly
(At all costs-funcational)
o    Electrical outlets in floors
o    Wireless
o    Labeled and easy to find spaces
o    Lighting for work & safety
o    Keyless entry

Education is important – visible
Cross Fertilization:
o    Community
o    Learning
o    Public spaces – common space
o    Inviting
o    Collaboration
Accessibility
Point of contact – Reception
Comfort
Study nooks
People friendly – Faculty & Students
Engaging – is not static
We embrace all people
o    Evidence
o    m/c environment

Global citizenship – connecting mountains to world
Mindful of the planet on which we live
The people & resources & the ethics of caring – accessible building

Learning should be student centered
o    Café area
o    Student lockers
o    Discussion nooks – places for students to gather
o    Faculty & staff areas to meet, talk , & eat
o    Walls for posting student work
Teaching should be reflective & critical
o    Reflective pool – lighting – mirrors
o    Adequate office space
o    Study space for students
o    Electronic access
o    Seminar rooms
Learning should be lifelong opportunities for ongoing learning for all
o    Curriculum library CMC in our building
o    Expand
o    Current technology in our sand box
o    Electronic access to world
o    Space for public school partners
o    Workrooms
o    Learning should keep the world in mind

Regionally Connected Community (space for events, clinical, research)
Innovative, Pervasive Technology
Authentic Practice (clinical & research space)
Comfortable (Java City, couches/hangout collaborative space)
Adaptive (flexible rooms, movable walls, nothing bolted to the floor)

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Aesthetic Theme

By lnickles | October 3, 2008

Here are ideas on the aesthetic theme of the building that were shared at the visioning meeting.

Global Theme – From mountains to world community
Adult play ground; big swings – climbing things
Pactice classrooms
Lab school
Appalachian or mountain theme
Environmental theme – group prefers this one
o The natural world
o Waterfall – central focus
o Gathering places where – no clear perceptual boundaries between inside & outside
o Designed outdoor classrooms
o Pedestrian trail – green space

Capture mountain theme in line with historical perspectives of the area, while considering the future.
Appalachian theme: incorporate sense of place culture specific to the area not interfere with early vision or current
•How would one incorporate theme with historical basis and technological vision?
Materials – fits in with landscape
Technology – display history
Also protective of environment we are part of
Energy efficiency – (Solar – build into ridge) “Smart, economical”, yet protective
More focus on culture rather than history
Display photographs
Harmony with region, culture, environment

Cultural Connectedness as defined by:
Celebration of the region
Invitational
Green
Collaboration
Synthesize and Apply
Dynamic/Change
Cultural Competence
Outdoor Education
Invisible High Tech
Walls as Windows into Classrooms, etc.

What do you think?

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Group to Assist the Board of Trustees to Choose the Design Group

By lnickles | September 25, 2008

From Michael Dougherty

Update on New CEAP Building

I met with Provost Carter, Vice Chancellor Wooten, Joe Walker and Wiley Harris to discuss what can be done this semester regarding the new CEAP building.

One the things that will be done is the company that will serve as the designer for the new building will be selected by the Board of Trustees. I asked Leadership Council for recommendations for names of CEAP members to work with the Board of Trustees.

The following persons will serve as members of the team:

Michael Dougherty representing dean’s office
Jacque Jacobs representing department heads
Lee Nickles representing the directors
Mary Rompf representing staff
Jim Goodwin representing allied professions
Dee Nichols representing professional education

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Google Earth View of Building Site

By houghton | September 12, 2008

Clicking the image on the right will launch Google Earth (assuming you don’t have to install it). That will take you to the same view of the screen shot to the right, where you can then zoom in and around to explore the site possibilities of our new valley home ahead. In the Layers section, put a checkmark in front of Terrain to enable the 3D view.

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Concept: Education is Dynamic and Changing

By lnickles | September 11, 2008

Like nature, education is dynamic and changing. How would this reflect in the architectural design of a building? Does this building design do that?

If not, then what? How are others approaching this problem? Know of more web sites like these?

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Inspiring Architecture

By lnickles | September 11, 2008

Your assignment, should you choose to accept it, is to find a building that inspires you in some way. In your comment, link to a picture of the building and in at least 2-3 sentences explain how it inspires you. Also, share how you think this may help us in considering our new building.

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