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820 S. Michigan Avenue Building <br /> Columbia College Chicago Library <br /> PROJECT TEAM The Johnson Publishing Building located at 820 Michigan Avenue will be <br /> Freelon repurposed into Columbia College's new library.The library will consolidate <br /> LOCATION disparate collections at the geographic and academic center of their urban <br /> Chicago,Illinois campus.As an institution committed to discovery and life-long learning,the <br /> CLIENT CONTACT new library unites the physical and digital domains into one state-of-the-art <br /> Alicia Berg facility. <br /> Vice President of Campus Environment <br /> Collumbia College Chicago <br /> aberg @colum.edu Freelon worked with an academic advisory group of department leaders <br /> T312.369.7102 across the college to develop a comprehensive stakeholder engagement <br /> SIZE process. Freelon delivered public progress updates,surveyed students and <br /> 70,000 SF faculty, and interviewed library leaders. Based on the outcomes, eight focus <br /> COST group sessions were developed targeting the specific interests of staff, <br /> Not Disclosed faculty, and students. This process confirmed assumptions but also revealed <br /> Fall 201.¢NCY DATE 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 The resulting design reinforces the library's mission to engender learning <br /> Classrooms and knowledge creation rather than merely warehousing collections. <br /> Automatic Storage/Retrieval System <br /> Event Space Where prior programs only accommodated collection growth and moderate <br /> Cafe 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 /> In the words of the college; "It will breathe. It will have a heartbeat" <br /> Collaboration Are t f <br /> Blended Services <br /> i <br /> 1 k« <br /> e } <br /> Existing building i <br /> FREELON i Southern Branch Library Facilitator Proposal 21 <br /> I <br />