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Information Commons Loyola University Chicago

SCB Architecture, Planning, Interior and Urban Design

About SCB SCB is an architecture, planning, interior and urban design firm. Founded in Chicago in 1931, SCB provides design services from four locations across the US. SCB is at the forefront of dense urban living, innovative workplaces, inspiring learning environments, resilient infrastructure, and vibrant communities. Through the collective impact of nearly a century of work, the firm has made an indelible mark on the contemporary landscape. The academic library has long served as a community anchor on campus, welcoming all students, faculty, and staff regardless of disciplines or areas of study. This spirit of inclusion and the pursuit of knowledge will always be at the core of an academic library’s mission; however, with new understandings about how we learn, unprecedented access to an ever-growing amount of information, and technologydriven education platforms, today’s academic libraries are experiencing a transformation.

SCB IS WORKING WITH COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO CREATE LIBRARIES THAT SERVE A NEW GENERATION OF LEARNERS & EDUCATORS.

Law Library at Charney Hall Santa Clara University

Featured Projects Information Commons

Main Library Master Plan

Regenstein Library Planning Study

Library Renovation and Addition

Law Library at Charney Hall

Campus Library

Forsyth Library

Watson Library Master Plan

Hardin Library Master Plan and Renovation

Loyola University Chicago University of Iowa

University of Chicago Alma College

Santa Clara University Wheaton College

Fort Hays State University University of Kansas University of Iowa

Academic Libraries

Information Commons Loyola University Chicago

Client: Loyola University Chicago Location: Chicago, IL Size: 69,000 SF

Located on the shores of Lake Michigan, the Information Commons serves as a learning commons for students with an open, modern design and breathtaking views of Lake Michigan. As a library designed for the digital age, the Information Commons provides space for collaborative learning and web-based research. The building’s site inspired the design team to create a modern, transparent building that offers unobstructed views to the water from campus, while also respecting the historic architectural context of the main academic quad. The resulting design links the university’s past to its future through clear glass walls enclosed between limestone “bookends” using materials, scale, and details similar to those of the surrounding historic buildings. Matching the Information Commons’ inventive digital library program is an equally innovative approach to mechanical and structural systems. The building features a double skin western façade to pre-heat and cool air, an automated window system along the east facade to capture and utilize airflow along Lake Michigan, radiant flooring, and a computercontrolled shading system to attain energy efficiency. Designed in collaboration with Transsolar Inc., the LEED Silver certified building reduces energy consumption by 52% while maintaining a comfortable interior environment for users.

Information Commons Loyola University Chicago

Matching Information Commons’ inventive digital library program is an equally innovative approach to mechanical and structural systems. The building features a double skin western façade to pre-heat and cool air, an automated window system along the east facade to capture and utilize airflow along Lake Michigan, radiant flooring, and a computer-controlled shading system to attain energy efficiency. Designed in collaboration with Transsolar Inc., the LEED Silver certified building reduces energy consumption by 52% while maintaining a comfortable interior environment for users.

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Academic Libraries

Main Library Master Plan University of Iowa

Client: University of Iowa Location: Iowa City, IA

Having completed a master plan for the Walter Netsch-designed Hardin Library, University of Iowa’s Health Science Library, SCB was asked to create a master plan for the University’s Main Library.

Special Collections

Part of the Big Ten Academic Alliance, the University of Iowa’s Main Library is comprised of approximately 469,000-square-feet and is home to the School of Library and Information Science. An important aspect of the master plan was to create a more synergistic relationship with the new University Museum, directly adjacent to the library (currently under construction), and to strengthen and enhance the campus precinct.

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Through a series of programming workshops with library faculty and user groups from a broad spectrum of the University, SCB has arrived at a master plan that creates two dynamic levels of program and spaces that foster engagement and dialogue as well as brings archives and special collections material out of back-of-house spaces, prominently situating and celebrating the material at the library’s front door. The upper floors will contain consolidated collections, archival storage, offices and quiet study/research spaces.

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This will allow Special Collections staff to take much of their material currently stored in sub-standard archival conditions and place it on appropriately sized shelves in a climatecontrolled environment, and to be able to easily access this material for research, curation, and preservation needs

The scope of work outlined in this Phase One report will bring significant improvements to many of the most pressing deferred maintenance needs within the Main Library and articulates a first step among what needs to be many steps in order to safeguard the materials and activities within the University’s most significant academic building. PREFERRED STACKING PREFERRED STACKING

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Regenstein Library Planning Study Program Studies

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University of Chicago

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SCB wasCirculation engaged - Stacksby the University of 723 SF & Book Drop Chicago to perform a partial first floor Circulation - Desks 390 SF planning study at Regenstein Library. Circulation - Office & 387 SF Workstation The Library is located on the main Reading Room 6,874 campus. SF north-south axis of the Built Study Area in 1970, Regenstein is the largest library Reading Room - “Ask 72 SF a Librarian” Desk on campus and the configuration of the NIC —— Library offers an interesting answer to Circulation customary challenges posed by a complex Corridor —— service facility. Regenstein Library is a Vertical Circulation —— welcoming, learning environment where EAST Campus students, faculty and visitors interact and Entry collaborate. The intent of the study is to Artwork improve the function of certain operational Franke Wayfinding Node Institute areas and provide OPTION 1 - “Big Island” Destination Markerguidance for the in island future design projects to Maximize staff supportLibrary in center improve these areas. Center for Digital Scholarship (CDS)

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Library Renovation and Addition Alma College

Client: Alma College Location: Alma, MI Size: 50,000 SF (renovation), 11,000 SF (addition)

Alma College is a liberal arts college that prides itself on their tradition of teaching and learning grounded in intimate class sizes and a low student-to-faculty ratio. Constructed in 1965, the campus library has now grown out of sequence with these core values. Seeking to realign the library with the mission of the college, Alma College engaged SCB in programming and designing a renovation and addition to the library. During four months of collaborative workshops, SCB developed collections management strategy to define the nature of the collections retained within the building. The team also created a program of spaces, which will significantly change the library experience. The new vision for the library defines three distinct zones of activity: individual study, staff supported/technology-rich group study, and engagement and dialogue with the Alma community. An addition to the library offers support for the third zone: a flexible space that supports group work throughout the day, yet can easily transition to sponsor lectures and performances in the evenings and on weekends. A critical part of the new library involves the creation of a significant new campus pedestrian spine, serving to center the library at the core of the campus experience.

Academic Libraries

Law Library at Charney Hall Santa Clara University

Client: Santa Clara University Location: Santa Clara, CA Size: 97,000 SF

Future-focused yet rooted in tradition, Howard S. and Alida S. Charney Hall is the new home of the Santa Clara University School of Law. Weaving together collaboration, research, instructional, and student support space, Charney Hall is a vibrant academic forum where dialogue and exchange of ideas is encouraged. The three-story, 97,000-square-foot facility houses the University’s numerous academic law programs, including intellectual property law, international law, public interest and social justice law, and privacy law. The building’s design conveys transparency and inclusion, incorporating sustainable strategies to create a lowimpact, environmentally responsive building aligned with Jesuit ideals. Located within Charney Hall is a new Law Library, known as the “Knowledge Center.” It includes 4,300 square feet of stacks in a light-filled two-story space. Open areas for study as well as various sized meeting rooms line the perimeter of the space. Faculty offices are also dispersed

CHARNEY HALL IS A VIBRANT ACADEMIC FORUM WHERE DIALOGUE AND EXCHANGE OF IDEAS IS ENCOURAGED.

throughout the Knowledge Center, providing direct access to resources. A large reading room with technologybased research capabilities. A warm wood slatted ceiling extends downward through the space, highlighting the height of the library’s core and creating a contemporary aesthetic that complements the University’s more typical traditional spaces. In addition to the law library, Charney Hall offers a 230-seat lecture hall that can be divided into two 115-seat lecture halls or several different mock court layouts, as well as a 1,700-square-foot collaborative learning classroom. A legal clinic provides hands-on experience to law students and services clients and the community. Study spaces and 53 faculty and administrative offices are located throughout the building.

Law Library at Charney Hall Santa Clara University

Academic Libraries

Campus Library Wheaton College

Client: Wheaton College Location: Wheaton, IL

Originally constructed in 1950 and expanded in 1975, the Wheaton College Library reflected a traditional model of academic libraries centered on individual study and physical collections, with limited capacity to support contemporary learning, collaboration, and student services. Recognizing the need to realign this central academic resource with the College’s mission, faith, and evolving pedagogical goals, Wheaton College selected SCB to reimagine the facility as a library for the 21st century. Prominently located in the campus core and adjacent to Edman Chapel, the project encompasses a renovation of the existing north wing and the replacement of the original Nicolas Library building with a new addition. Through a comprehensive program verification and feasibility study, the design team determined that the structurally robust north wing could be renovated to house the consolidated library collection, while a new addition would provide space for expanded academic enrichment programs and establish a stronger physical and symbolic connection between the academic and spiritual hearts of campus.

The ground floor is envisioned as the academic commons, a vibrant hub for collaboration, interaction with library staff, and informal learning. A new café offering coffee and grab-and-go food enhances the social atmosphere and encourages extended use of the space. As users move upward through the building, spaces transition to quieter, more contemplative environments dedicated to study and reflection. New and expanded academic enrichment programs are integral to the reimagined library. These include an enlarged Writing Center and the relocation of Learning and Accessibility Services to a more visible and central location within the library. The project also introduces a suite of flexible, general-purpose classrooms; a digital makerspace with software access, 3D printing, and light fabrication; audio and video recording studios; and a graduate PhD suite with dedicated workspace and support amenities. In response to student input, the building offers a wide range of small study rooms designed for groups of two to five students.

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Forsyth Library

Fort Hays State University Client: Fort Hays State University Location: Hays, KS

Completed in 1967, Forsyth Library is positioned along the central spine of Fort Hays State University’s (FHSU) campus and serves as a threshold between the academic core and the residential precinct. After serving as the center of academic life for fifty-five years the University recognized the need to reinvest in Forsyth and realign it in response to the tremendous advances in technology and pedagogy during the intervening years. SCB was engaged by FHSU to lead a series of programming and visioning sessions in order to arrive at a conceptual vision and a program of spaces defining how Forsyth can re-center itself as the heart of the academic experience at FHSU. The resulting vision flips the building inside-out. What was once an inscrutable solid building at the core of the campus will now contain a high degree of transparency and intentional blurring of the edges between indoors and out. Previously, the building contained only one entrance, forcing users arriving from the residential precinct to have to walk around the building in order to enter. The new vision opens Forsyth on all sides to create a ground floor experience that is literally a campus crossroads, encouraging students to use the ground floor as a cut-through on their way to and from class.

The first two levels of Forsyth are envisioned as highly interconnected and focused on discovery, engagement, and dialogue. The balance of library and faculty spaces are placed on these levels in direct adjacency to classrooms, open and enclosed group study spaces, and academic support programs.

A café and assembly space are also situated nearby, encouraging departments, student organizations and outside community groups to engage with the library. The upper level is dedicated to more focused, individual scholarship and contains special collections and archives, quiet study spaces, and the University gallery.

UPPER LEVEL: SCHOLARSHIP • Contemplative study and research • Print collection • Special collections and archive

GROUND LEVEL: ENGAGEMENT & DIALOGUE • Cafe • Library service • Gallery • Assembly spaces and group study LOWER LEVEL: COLLABORATION • Instructional spaces • Open & enclosed group study • Academic support programs • High density storage

Academic Libraries

Watson Library Master Plan University of Kansas

Client: University of Kansas Location: Lawrence, KS

Watson Library is the main library at the University of Kansas. Centrally located on campus, the library has been at the core of the academic experience since it was first completed in 1924. In anticipation of the centennial celebration of Watson Library’s dedication, SCB, in collaboration with PGAV Architects, was asked to assess the building’s spaces and infrastructure, engage students, faculty, and staff in programming workshops, and create a vision for once again placing the library at the heart of academic life. A key focus of this effort was the entry level of the building. A new terrace and plaza at the entrance engages the campus open space network as well as create a more gracious and equitable entry experience for disabled members of the campus community. Core services of the library were consolidated and brought to the entry level in close adjacency to the front door. Clear sightlines and a new main stair orients patrons and effortlessly engages them with the array of services and resources within the library.

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Hardin Library Master Plan and Renovation University of Iowa

Client: University of Iowa Location: Iowa City, IA Size: 93,000 SF

Since its opening in 1974, Hardin Library has served as the Health Sciences Library for the University of Iowa. The intervening years have seen enormous growth of the University’s medical programs and enrollment, as well as dramatic changes in health science research and pedagogy. SCB, along with CMBA Architects, was engaged to develop a comprehensive master plan for the building. The goals of the plan were to identify deferred maintenance issues, identify and create a strategy to bring new programs into underutilized spaces in the building, and develop a renovation implementation plan to position the building to serve the university for the next 50 years.

“THESE TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGES ALLOW US TO CONTINUE HELPING STUDENTS THRIVE, GRADUATE, AND LAUNCH THEIR CAREERS AS WELL AS SUPPORT THE SUCCESS OF OUR FACULTY.” JOHN CULSHAW Jack B. King University Librarian University of Iowa

Following the completion of the master plan, the design team began phase one of the renovation, a comprehensive update of the fourth floor. Excess stacks were removed to create new study space for students. Furniture solutions support a variety of learning styles, offering a mix of casual seating, individual study carrels, and spaces for group work. Improved and plentiful electrical access increases the flexibility of the space, allowing students ample spots to plug in across the floor. New ADA-compliant restrooms enhance accessibility.

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