2024-12-22T02:26:18-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150236637/big-selected-to-design-new-hopkins-student-center Alexander Walter 2020-11-05T13:46:00-05:00 >2024-10-25T04:07:38-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/2d/2dd2b5f2f65844aadca0643e473a22b3.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>It appears to be a big week for student center design announcements: after <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150236124/rice-university-selects-adjaye-associates-design-for-new-student-center" target="_blank">Rice University revealed</a> its pick of Adjaye Associates to replace the Rice Memorial Center in Houston with a three-story structure, now Baltimore's <a href="https://archinect.com/schools/cover/21166694/johns-hopkins-university" target="_blank">Johns Hopkins University</a> presented renderings for the new Hopkins Student Center, designed by <a href="https://archinect.com/bjarke-ingels-group" target="_blank">BIG</a>.<br></p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/2f/2ff1147bb7f0dfcd7f275b31457ec559.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/2f/2ff1147bb7f0dfcd7f275b31457ec559.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Image by BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group</figcaption></figure><p>Dubbed "The Village," the proposal was chosen as the winner of an international design competition led by a special advisory committee which took into consideration more than 1,200 student, faculty, staff, and alumni responses to the four finalist design proposals. <br></p> <p>BIG's competition team also includes <a href="https://archinect.com/shepleybulfinch" target="_blank">Shepley Bulfinch</a> as Architect of Record, <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/8706/rockwell-group" target="_blank">Rockwell Group</a> as Interior Architects, and <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/12438/michael-van-valkenburgh-associates-inc" target="_blank">Michael Van Valkenburg Associates</a> as Landscape Architects.</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/94/940fb104a17d9a99d3e6294fd00a7191.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/94/940fb104a17d9a99d3e6294fd00a7191.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Image by BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group</figcaption></figure><p>"The approximately 150,000-square-foot building will include spaces for relaxation and socialization, creative and performing arts spaces, student resources and sup...</p>