The project goal is to design a Welcome Center for Tennessee State University. It is a two stories business building. The purpose of this new building is to provide information relating to the school to future students. Like the name suggested, all future students should feel welcomed when they entering the building. With this in mind, the design intent is to make students feel comfortable and productive. At this place, they will be able to obtain any information relating to the school. For instance, they should be able to find out what the school is all about. That is very important. By knowing more about the school, they will have more confident in selecting this university. On the other hand, the hallways throughout the building will serve as an exhibit. This is where past achievements from graduated students from every possible disciplines will be displayed here. This will let anyone knows that we do offer success here.

At the same time, the new building will serves as a business place which containing three rental offices and one large meeting. Due to the request of Dean Hargrove, the purpose of the rental offices and meeting room is to bring in extra income for the university. These funds then can be used for other tasks like buying new equipments for the school, or hiring more staffs. There are many ways for the money to be put in use. This is very crucial for the university. That is why the whole second floor is dedicated to this very special purpose. On the other hand, the university wants to build a stronger relationship with the community. In order to do this, the university will make the meeting rooms available for rent after business hour on certain days of the week. This means the majority of the community relating events could be hosted here. This will add merit to the university and the community. In order to achieve this, the building is designed with a community friendly atmosphere from the exterior all the way to the interior.