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Design for Learning Resource Commons at Northwestern College in IowaInspired by a deeply rooted community tradition of integrating faith and learning, design has been completed for a new Learning Resource Commons on the campus of Northwestern College in Orange City, Iowa.
Lead architectural firm for the project is Cannon, Moss, Brygger & Associates (CMBA), Sioux City, Iowa, in collaboration with design architects and engineers from four offices of The Durrant Group Inc., in Dubuque, Minneapolis, Milwaukee and Madison, Wis.
Design of the 75,000-square-foot Learning Resource Commons will complement the scale and character of other buildings on campus, with an exterior of terra cotta-colored brick, glass and terne metal.
Key to the design approach is the concept of enlightenment, in two senses - religious inspiration and the gathering of knowledge.
Both are central to the Dutch Reformed Church heritage of the college and the community of Orange City.
The resulting design is anchored by three soaring atriums and includes an abundance of natural light-filled reading spaces, evoking simultaneously images of the traditional library and places of worship.
Offices, like the reading spaces, are placed along exterior walls to take advantage of natural light.
Books are stored "inboard," protected from sunlight.
Individual study desks located in window alcoves project out to suggest
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