位于巴尔的摩的摩根州立大学（MSU）是美国首屈一指的历史性黑人高等教育机构之一，也是马里兰州内最大的大学，提供全面的本科、研究生和博士课程。该大学成立于1867年，在2016年被国家历史保护信托基金指定为 '国宝'。 它的校园从新古典主义风格的历史性学术广场延伸到被现代建筑包围的校园公共场所。Teeple建筑事务所与GWWO建筑事务所合作，负责设计一个学生服务中心，该中心将连接历史悠久的学术广场和现代校园公共场所，同时也为大学建立一个标志性的、令人振奋的 '前门'。 Morgan State University (MSU) in Baltimore is one of the nation’s premier historically black institutions of higher education—and the largest within the State of Maryland—offering a comprehensive range of undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral programs. Founded in 1867, the university was designated a 'National Treasure’ in 2016 by The National Trust for Historic Preservation. Its campus extends from a historic academic quad in a neoclassical style to a campus commons surrounded by modern buildings. Teeple Architects, working in collaboration with GWWO Architects, was tasked with designing a student services centre that would bridge the historic academic quad and the modern campus commons, while also establishing an iconic and uplifting 'front-door’ to the university.
卡尔文和蒂娜-泰勒厅学生服务中心通过为当前和未来的学生建立一个受欢迎的入口，并将大学以前分散的行政和学生服务集中在一个屋檐下，改善了整体的学生体验。作为学生与学校的第一个正式接触点，以及他们在整个学习过程中的关键行政接口，学生中心的设计肯定了摩根州立大学作为一所卓越的公立大学的长期地位和积极的未来。 该建筑有一个富有表现力的形式，横跨的弧形墙面拥抱着周围的环境，邀请学生进入充满活力的校园，而它的石头包层将其与历史和传统联系起来。我们非常注意寻找一种石灰石包层，它既能与相邻老建筑上的马里兰田园石调色板相融合，又能实现大学所期望的更现代的建筑表达。 经过全面的材料选择过程，大学选择了来自安大略省采石场的独特的深色Eramosa石灰石，该采石场位于Teeple建筑事务所办公室以北三小时路程。石灰岩包层以棱镜金属包层为点缀，根据天气、时间和观察角度的不同，在丰富的铜和橙色之间巧妙地变化。 The Calvin and Tina Tyler Hall Student Services Centre improves the overall student experience by establishing a welcoming entry point for current and prospective students and gathering the university’s formerly dispersed administrative and student services under a single roof. As a student’s first official point of contact with the university, and their key administrative interface throughout their studies, the student centre was designed to affirm Morgan’s State’s long-standing position as a preeminent public university with a positive future. The building has an expressive form, with sweeping curved walls that reach out to embrace its surroundings and invite students into the dynamic campus, while its stone cladding links it to history and tradition. Much care was given to finding a limestone cladding that would blend with the palette of Maryland field stone found on the older adjacent buildings while allowing for a more contemporary architectural expression desired by the university. After a thorough material selection process, the university settled on distinctively dark Eramosa limestone from a quarry in Ontario, located three hours north of Teeple Architects’ office. The limestone cladding is accented with prismatic metal cladding that subtly shifts between rich copper and orange hues, depending on the weather, time of day and viewing angle.
从地形上看，学术区和校园公共区都比周围的居民区高出整整一层楼。为了解决分层问题，有两个相连的主要入口。一个入口位于街道上，另一个位于整层之上，位于校园公共场所。一个大型的景观到达庭邀请学生和访客前往街道一级的入口，在那里，内部和外部的大楼梯标志着一个正式的游行，直到校园公共楼层。 由于底层部分嵌入山坡，建筑周围的景观利用了梯田式雨水花园或大量种植的生物滞留设施，以满足巴尔的摩严格的雨水管理要求。在内部，学生中心设有部门接待区和服务台，沿着一系列流动的多层休息室组织，有充足的座位、学习和协作空间。一个不朽的楼梯，带有平缓的弧形楼板和连续的木质檐口，构成了三层公共大厅和休息室之间的连接组织，通向各个面向学生的部门，最后是一个大型的学生服务台。 在三楼有一个大型的景观平台，种植了高大的草和本地授粉物种，包括马里兰州的州花--黑眼苏珊。作为一个小型活动和聚会的空间，这个露台可以看到以历史悠久的霍姆斯厅为中心的学术广场的全景。这个标志性的新学生中心体现了该大学对其历史的自豪感和对未来的乐观态度。 Topographically, both the academic quad and the campus commons sit a full storey above the surrounding neighborhood. To negotiate the grade separation, there are two connected main entrances. One entrance is located at street-level and the other is a full storey above, at the campus commons. A large, landscaped arrival court invites students and visitors towards the street-level entrance where grand stairs, both interior and exterior, mark a formal procession up to the campus commons-level. With the ground floor partially embedded into the hillside, the landscape encircling the building makes use of terraced rain gardens or heavily planted bio-retention features designed to meet Baltimore’s stringent storm water management requirements. Inside, the student centre features departmental reception areas and service desks organized along a series of flowing, multi-storey lounges with ample seating, study, and collaboration spaces. A monumental stair with gently curved landings and a continuous wood soffit forms the connective tissue between the three levels of public lobbies and lounges, leading to various student-facing departments and culminating with a large student services counter. On the third floor there’s a large, landscaped terrace, planted with tall grasses and native pollinator species including Maryland’s state flower, the black-eyed Susan. A space for small events and gatherings, this terrace has panoramic views of the academic quad, centered on historic Holmes Hall. The iconic new student centre embodies the university’s pride in its history, and optimism for the future.
