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BAKER HALL 360 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA Working for both Facilities Management and the user group, the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, LDA was asked to redesign an area on the top floor of historic Baker Hall for faculty and graduate student offices. The space had previously been altered with a dropped ceiling and small, densely-built private offices. LDA opened up the full volume of the space, exposing dramatic truss work and creating an expansive central area for open office systems, while providing private offices around the perimeter. Designs for ironwork detailing and clerestory windows into the perimeter hallways were derived from historic features of the building’s exterior. A particular challenge in finishing the space was the design of indirect lighting to provide suitable ambient illumination at the user level without over lighting the volume of space above. LDA consulted the lighting manufacturer and worked with the electrical engineer to address those needs. Project Data Client: Facilities Management, Carnegie Mellon University Size: 6,800 square feet Construction Cost: $673,000 |
