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56 <br />820 S. Michigan Avenue Building <br />Columbia College Chicago Library <br />PROJECT TEAM <br />The Johnson Publishing Building located at 820 Michigan Avenue will be <br />Freelon <br />repurposed into Columbia College's new library. The library will consolidate <br />disparate collections at the geographic and academic center of their urban <br />LOCATION <br />Chicago, Illinois <br />campus. As an institution committed to discovery and life -long learning, the <br />new library unites the physical and digital domains into one state -of- the -art <br />CLIENT CONTACT <br />Alicia Berg <br />facility. <br />Vice President of Campus Environment <br />Collumbia College Chicago <br />aberg @c olum.edu <br />Freelon worked with an academic advisor y group of department leaders <br />7312.369.7102 <br />across the college to develop a comprehensive stakeholder engagement <br />SIZE <br />process. Freelon delivered public progress updates, surveyed students and <br />70,000 SF <br />faculty, and interviewed library leaders. Based on the outcomes, eight focus <br />COST <br />group sessions were developed targeting the specific interests of staff, <br />Not Disclosed <br />faculty, and students. This process confirmed assumptions but also revealed <br />OCCUP4NCY DATE <br />greater than expected desire for quiet study space and interest in special <br />collections and archives. <br />MAIN PROGRAM ELEMENTS <br />Learning Commons <br />Collaborative Work Spaces <br />The resulting design reinforces the library's mission to engender learning <br />Classrooms <br />and knowledge creation rather than merely warehousing collections. <br />Automatic Storage /Retrieval System <br />Event Space <br />Where prior programs only accommodated collection growth and moderate <br />Cafe <br />additional seating, Freelon found creative ways to consolidate existing <br />services and leverage new collection storage to realize qualitative <br />improvements as well. A new automated book storage and retrieval system <br />will significantly compact collections, thereby enabling unrealized programs, <br />more group study, collaboration, cafe, event, and previously unimagined <br />technology enhanced classroom spaces to emerge within the library. It also <br />makes space for the support mechanisms to better host exhibitions and <br />new media inspired story telling. As libraries increasingly mix social and <br />academic activities, the library will be a new gathering point on campus. <br />Collaboration Area <br />Blended Services <br />Existing building <br />In the words of the college: "It will breathe. It will have a heartbeat." <br />FREELON I Southern Branch Library Facilitator Proposal 21 <br />