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Villa Maria Academy Student Union Building

Owner/User: Villa Maria Academy

Location: Willistown Township, Pennsylvania
Design Statement: Villa Maria Academy High School, a
Catholic college preparatory school rooted in the charism
of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary,
empowers young women to lead lives of spiritual growth,
intellectual inquiry and Christian service. VMA envisioned
the construction of a new 15,500 SF Student Union
Building that would include a dining hall, kitchen, faculty
dining room, chapel, guidance suite, infirmary, main office,
principal office, learning common, and small conference intellectual, and Christian service drivers that empower
room. the unique student body. We have created a HEART of
spirituality, a HUB of intellectual growth, and a HEARTH
Bernardon conceptualized a Student Union building that for Christian service and community.
would reinforce and reflect the mission and culture of Villa
Maria Academy. This building is the perfect opportunity In creating a recognizable HEART in the expressed form of
to create a new HEART on campus - a centering point for the Chapel, our design celebrates the importance of Catholic
students, faculty, staff and alumnae, and it honors the education on students past, present, and future. The building
religious Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of welcomes students with an embrace and in a manner that
Mary in its architectural expression and campus-embracing serves to connect the Student Union to the community of
characteristics. Our design reinforces the spiritual, buildings on campus.

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