The gateway to Columbia University’s Manhattanville Campus, the new University Forum is a highly visible and anchor component of the new campus. Designed for thought-leaders from around the world, scholars from across the university, and the local Harlem community to come together to share ideas, the multipurpose center supports collaboration. The building’s ground floor flexible spaces establish an “Urban Layer,” opening the facility to the Morningside Heights community, and establishing a vital connection for the University to both the neighborhood and the City.
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The Forum's main lobby, cafe, and retail space establish a public “Urban Layer” at the street level. The glazed façade at the ground floor conceptually and physically opens the building to the public. The auditorium, which functionally requires opaqueness, is expressed with a prefabricated concrete skin.
The Forum's main lobby, cafe, and retail space establish a public “Urban Layer” at the street level. The glazed façade at the ground floor conceptually and physically opens the building to the public. The auditorium, which functionally requires opaqueness, is expressed with a prefabricated concrete skin.
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