Learning Resource Center at Suffolk County Community College Building, NY Architecture
Learning Resource Center at Suffolk County Community College
New Building in Brentwood, New York, USA – design by ikon.5 architects
Jun 23, 2018
Learning Resource Center at Suffolk County Community College
Design: ikon.5 architects
Location: Brentwood, New York, USA
Learning Resource Center at Suffolk County Community College
The Learning Resource Center at Suffolk County Community College is a lantern of learning. The building is a prism for illuminating the interior spaces during the day and a beacon for illuminating the campus during the night.

A simple nine square cube deploys the 70,000 sqft library program on two floors. Portions of the cube are removed to allow natural light to penetrate deep within the building, thus a majority of spaces have access to day light and view.
A central lantern houses an information commons, the collaborative learning room of the college, and rises above the roof line of the library to become a visible cupola on the campus. The lantern can be clearly seen from any part of the academic mall and from the east and west commuter parking lots.

The Learning Resource Center siting reinforces the masterplan and places the Center?s entry at the confluence of major pedestrian pathways that connect surface parking lots of this commuter campus at its gateway entrance. The exterior is a ventilated terra cotta rain screen façade. The white terra cotta di...