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Winning Design For Hostler Student Center |
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The winners, the American firm of Vincent James Associates Architects in collaboration with James Carpenter Design Associates, were announced on October 8 in Issam Fares Hall by President John Waterbury. Praising the innovative designs of the six finalists, President Waterbury paid special tribute to the designs of two Lebanese firms: Marwan Saleh, Bernard Khoury & Laeco and Tabet & Debs Architects and Planners, both of Beirut. A distinguished jury of experts selected the winners after debating the merits of the designs of the six finalists for two days in early October. In addition to President Waterbury, the international jury consisted of Professor Shigeru Ban, Director of Shigeru Ban Architects of Tokyo; Hilary Brown, AIA Principal of New York Civil Works; Richard Burdett, FRIBA, Cities Programme, London School of Economics; Professor Marwan Ghandour, Senior Lecturer in AUB's Department of Architecture and Design; Barbara Hoidn, Diplome Ingnieur, Hoidn Wang Partner, Berlin; and Professor Assem Salam, Architect, Former President of the Order of Engineers, Beirut. The winning architects challenged the Master Plan's portrayal of the Hostler Center as a large, single-building entity, and instead, created a design for six separate buildings within "a system of passageways, programs, and gardens," all planned with reference to prevailing wind conditions, summer and winter temperatures, and energy and water conservation. Most roofs feature extensive plantings for the reduction of heat gain and the preservation of rainwater for future landscaping use.
Indoor and outdoor spaces interact throughout. The design offers "a series of intimate, landscaped courtyards" while preserving important open spaces for views of the upper campus and the sea. With new and beautified entries to campus from the Corniche, the design encompasses the Master Plan's emphasis on the creation of more interaction between the University and the vibrant city beyond its walls. The center, made possible through a generous grant from Charles W. Hostler, former US ambassador to Bahrain and AUB MA in 1955, is the first Master Plan project to be implemented. "We hope to break ground in fall 2003," said Samer Maamari, acting Director of AUB's Facilities Planning and Design Unit (FPDU)." NB: All quotations come from the architects' own report, the AUB Press Release of October 8, 2002, and publications of the FPDU.
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