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The Student Center of the Cleveland State University

In this page will speak about the Student Center of the Cleveland State University (CSU), which is located in front of the main thoroughfare to downtown Cleveland. The opening of the building was in 2010 coinciding with the completion of the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority’s Euclid Corridor Transportation Project. That project it calls for upgrading the sidewalks, lighting, and landscaping and enriching the connection between downtown and the university. ====

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The building’s three levels are organized as follows. Level one provides street level access to the atrium floor, bookstore, pub, and cyber lounge as well as to ramp circulation that leads to a redesigned outdoor plaza. The second level contains the primary dining and food court areas as well as a conve­nience store and student senate office suite. It also provides direct access to the campus-wide interior walkway system. On the third level are located a large, flexible conference center; prefunction spaces; and the student life administration and student office suite that includes interconnected lounge and conference rooms. There is also an outdoor terrace fronting Euclid Avenue. ====

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In the horizontal circulation this building serves like communicator between the city and the university. A place that gives a welcome offering different places for activities, and also, takes you into the university. Is observe diverse ramps, walkways and catwalks; which makes reference to a horizontal circulation, and contributes to the entry and exit of people. Also there exist spaces in the first floor, like a pub and a lounge, which promotes the pass of people for those spaces. The second floor also helps the horizontal circulation because provides direct access to the campus-wide interior walkway system. And last in the third floor there is an outdoor terrace were the people walk trough and stay. =====

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In the vertical circulation there exist factors like stairs and rooms with double height that indicates this type of circulation. How the entrance is in the first floor and the exits that communicate the building with another parts of the university, exist a high level of circulation between floors because all the people that use this student center like a distributor to the place that they are going. =====

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To conclude I will say that this building, for his structure and his function, is mostly horizontal. Besides the fact that is located in a slope, the idea is that the people can use to connect with the buildings around it and enter in the university itself. Also offering a good space to the students, that they can use for his benefits. =====

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