Inspired by the gracefulness of birds in flight, the Mori Hosseini Student Union building at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University is an expression of the university’s mission to teach the science, practice, and business of aviation and aerospace.
Located at the front door to the campus, the building’s gently soaring avian form creates an iconic identity for the University and embodies its students’ values of fearlessness, adventure, and discovery thereby meeting the client’s brief for an memorable structure that embodies its values.
Internally, the 16,000 sq m student union building is an aeronautical athenaeum combining social learning spaces, events, dining, and the University library. A soaring, triple-height commons anchors and integrates the collaborative social and learning interiors. Wrapping this space and open to it are lounges, dining venues, group study rooms, clubs and organizations, career services, an event center and the University library.
Satisfying the students desire to always see the skies above, the student commons and the University library is set beneath a dynamic 200-foot arching skylight and a roof terrace on the second floor allows students to gaze upon the adjacent runway of Daytona International Airport and beyond to rocket launches from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral. The large wing-like roof forms shield the building from Floridian heat gain and direct rainwater to rain gardens where it is sustainably collected for grey water uses on campus.
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Last year more than 40 countries took part in the WAN Awards with strong showings from Europe, the Americas and Asia-Pacific. And we saw some truly outstanding projects, take a look at the winners from last year here.