空间问题:重新想象马库斯·Commons

When the late movie actor Gene Wilder sang about a world of pure imagination, it was in reference to the chocolate room in Willy Wonka’s fictional factory. The plans for the “re-imagining” of Marcus Commons, a popular student gathering place in the 丹尼尔斯商学院, are equally sweet, as revealed during the Re-Imagine Marcus Commons Competition on Feb. 23日在杜克大学的雷曼剧院.

Ten graduate students in the 丹尼尔斯商学院’ Real Estate and Built Environment (REBE) program divided into three teams and presented their ideas for transforming Marcus Commons into a flexible, functional, collaborative space to a panel of six industry experts: Jeffrey Berkes (BSBA 1985), West Coast president for Federal Realty Investment Trust; Carson Erard (MS 2010), 场致原理 & Associates; Greg Gidez, corporate manager of design for Hensel Phelps Construction; Jim Lauman, campus architect for the real estate development team at Google; David Radcliffe (MBA 1993), vice president of real estate and workplace services at Google; and Mark Rodgers, ca88登录正确网址大学建筑师.

Calling it “a unique and utterly essential process for our college,” Daniels Dean Brent Chrite kicked off the competition, noting the relationship among space, engagement and community. “Space matters. We believe our students deserve a world-class physical space in what is our flagship area — Marcus Commons,” he said. “It was a completely intuitive and natural convergence to bring together the energy and insight from students in our REBE program with an incredible array of advisors, 外部利益相关者, 支持者和我们的教员, 影响我们学院和社区的未来.”

芭芭拉·杰克逊他是 Franklin L. 伯恩斯房地产和建筑管理学院, provided context for the presentations: The student teams were formed in fall 2016; each was paired with a professional construction and architecture firm support team; the student teams conducted extensive interviews with other students, faculty and DU’s facilities department about Marcus Commons; they looked at spaces at other universities and institutions; they spoke with contractors, engineers and interior designers; and each concept had to incorporate the Marion J. Crean Collaboratory — a unique laboratory and collaboration space for Burns School students that is named in honor of former professor Mike Crean’s mother.

“他们面临着重新想象的挑战, and that word was quite intentional because it’s very difficult to create new opportunity and innovation when you’re burdened by what has come before,” Jackson said. “你当然可以从中得到信息, but I wanted the students to re-imagine what learning and an engagement and collaboration space looks like in the 21st century.”

而玻璃元素, “living” walls with vegetation and flexible seating that allows for varying configurations are common features of all three concepts, 每个小组对这项任务都有自己的看法. Team Swinerton’s concept includes a fire pit on the southwest patio, and the team hopes to incorporate sensors throughout Marcus Commons in a later phase to help track usage and other data. Fransen Pittman团队在设计中加入了幻灯片, to foster fun, 创意和健康的空间, in addition to serving as a means of reaching the main floor from the second floor. At the heart of Team Mortenson’s concept is the collaborator — “floating” and encased in glass — as well as an amphitheater for lectures and other gatherings. 这些团队的设计估计成本从2美元起.400万到600万美元.

在他们各自30分钟的演讲之后, the teams fielded questions from the judges and then took additional questions from attendees during the judges’ deliberation.

虽然所有的球队都表现得很好, 详细的演示和执行良好的概念, in the end the judges awarded first place to the students of Team Swinerton — Tom Hanna, 泰勒Iascone, 杰克·罗斯和卢卡斯·施罗德. Team Mortenson — Grant Kraus, Blake Linehan and Thomas Tafur — took second place. Team Fransen Pittman — Joanne Cho, Chris Landsinger and Lucas Malone — took third. 选出获胜的概念, Daniels will now seek funding to move forward with Marcus Commons’ re-imagining.

尽管只有一支队伍获得了第一名, 所有的学生都获得了宝贵的经验, 学习如何与他人合作解决复杂的项目, while gaining new insights about the real estate and construction industry.

“Space and design influence everything that happens in our society,杰克逊在结束比赛时说. “很多人认为房地产就是卖房子. 你知道这个行业有多令人兴奋吗? 有多大的影响力?”