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University of Delaware Perkins Student Center

Owner/User: University of Delaware The area of the student lounge was opened to the exterior
by means of new floor-to-ceiling windows allowing this
Location: Newark, Delaware
space to interact with the exterior activities. An existing
Design Statement: The Bernardon team was challenged to skylight was also re-opened above the monumental
design 60,000 SF of renovations in order to reposition an stairway allowing natural light to flood into the lower level.
aging student center on the main campus of the University
of Delaware.
“The architects demonstrated great creativity in
The renovated building contains a new energetic Student
Lounge and a reconfigured Lobby with a new information transforming a previously windowless bookstore
desk. The previously windowless lower level was into a place where students now meet and study
transformed into an inviting student community space in the heart of the University’s Student Center.
with supporting student organization and staff offices. The
existing complicated circulation paths in the building were The University is very happy with the project’s
simplified to connect the building’s two monumental stairs final result.”
with a sweeping corridor “promenade.”
—Peter Krawchyk AIA, AUA, LEED-AP
University Architect and Campus Planner
University of Delaware

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