University of California, Berkeley
Carol T. Christ Center for Connected Learning at Moffitt Library Renovation
The transformation of existing library space in Moffitt Library creates a hub for undergraduate students and re-positions the library as a contemporary center for discovery and innovation.
Information
- Location Berkeley, California
- Size 87,000 SF
- Services Architecture
- Project Type Libraries
The Center for Connected Learning is a renovation to Moffitt Library on the University of California, Berkeley campus. The project includes programming and the renovation of three floors of Moffitt Library, expanding a well established student-centered facility with the incorporation of 750+ additional seats for student study, new scholar-in-residence spaces, a new student lounge, and updated building systems, technology, security and life safety upgrades. A re-envisioned entry welcomes students and visitors through a new art exhibit space and access to an expanded Free Speech Movement Cafe.
Bringing students together to learn, create, and connect, the renovation of floors 1 – 3 will capitalize and improve on the foundations presented by the work completed previously on floors 4 and 5 to create a flexible yet culturally and aesthetically harmonized facility. As technology and the nature of pedagogy have evolved, Moffitt Library will continue to be a space that serves the campus community long into the future. This existing building also required a seismic retrofit, which BNIM completed as the Phase 1 portion of work.
