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The Cleveland State University Student Centre was designed by Gwathmey Siegel Kauffman & Associates Architects in 2010. This center was made to improve the campus image and create an open connection with the city while offering a wide range of services to students and faculty. It is the public gateway to the central campus.  The Gwathmey Siegel design locates a bookstore, dining, lounge, computer access, offices for student activities and conference meeting spaces, on three stories around a central atrium, this facilities have made it become the focus of community life for the University and the “living room” for students. The Student Center engages and enlivens its downtown surroundings with large lawns and a broad entryway plaza sloping gently from the street front, a subtle and welcoming touch that also provides barrier-free access around the entire site and building.

Both first and second level provide direct access to the campus wide interior walkway system, the first floor is directly connected to the main thoroughfare to downtown Cleveland, so horizontal circulation leads you from the street to the inside of the building and also to the plaza that is placed behind it. In the second floor a series of bridges connect the centre with the rest of the campus.

Vertical circulation is given by stairs that are visible from the outside of the building so they are easy to locate and each of them offers an easy rapprochement to a different area.


 * [[image:http://ad009cdnb.archdaily.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/1316632830-9321-04-1000x800.jpg caption="Cleveland State University Student Center / Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Architects with Braun & Steidl Architects (3) © Brad Feinknopf"]] ||
 * Cleveland State University Student Center / Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Architects with Braun & Steidl Architects (3) © Brad Feinknopf ||

This building is a great example of architecture for it’s master managing of the circulation that relates the context of the building with it’s surroundings without forgetting the internal circulation.   media type="custom" key="19589898"