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UCONN Gentry

NEAG School of Education

The highest purpose of education must be served in the facilities that are educating the educators. This is an environment intended to nurture a community of active learners, offering a spectrum of places for creative engagement from the atrium to intimate retreats. Seeing others and being seen, a community is reminded of itself.

COLLABORATION RESULT

Location

Storrs, CT

Services

Complete Architectural Services, Artwork

Project Size and Type

Addition: 24,000 s.f.
Renovation: 82,000 s.f.
Addition/Renovation

Schedule

Completion: 2009

Collaboration

The mission articulated by the dean, the collaboration of faculty and students, the needs of the campus plan, all animated a process which aligned their vision with their environment.

Result

Statewide, this school has become the center of study and research for education, with conferences, joint programs, and education outreach. Within the University, it offers a place where the entire academic community passes through and gathers.