UC dining halls designed with creating community in mind

Building Design + Construction magazine features UC’s MarketPointe and On the Green dining halls as examples of student spaces on college campuses that help create a sense of community.  The magazine story quoted Greg Pinter and Zachary Zettler, both architects at GBBN, a multinational architecture and design firm.

“Specific design strategies can help students—especially first-year students or introverted students—feel less exposed and vulnerable entering the dining space,” according to the magazine article. “These strategies include creating transitions, seating choices, and leveraging location.”

MarketPointe is a 37,000 foot state-of-the-art dining facility located in Calhoun Hall that offers eight dining stations that put students at the center of a culinary food hall experience. On the Green is located in Marian Spencer Hall and is an all-you-care-to-eat dining facility that also offers eight dining stations, providing comfort food classics, made-to-order stir-fry and pasta, homemade soups, fresh salads with local greens, and in-house baked desserts. 

Read the full story in Building Design + Construction online.

Featured top image of On the Green dining hall on the UC campus. Photo/Andrew Higley/UC Marketing + Brand.