Emory’s new student center lies on the west end of a grassy quad on the Oxford, GA campus. The project
seeks to bring modernity and technology to a historic campus while responding to the scale and appearance
of the site’s historic surroundings.

The dense foliage limits views across the campus to corridors along the main walking paths. The building’s roofline and the thin piloti that support it responds to these paths, rising to peaks that match the geometry of the neighboring classical temple facades when approached from the northeast or south-east. The terra cotta facade screen shades the large glazing panels and varies in density to create privacy for the interior spaces or open specified viewing corridors to the exterior. The material’s natural shades soften the visual impact of a such a modern structure on the surrounding palate of rugged, brown tree trunks and heavy, red brick buildings.

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