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Edison Community College lauded for new campus landmark
The Emerson Center at Edison Community College in Piqua was named among 10 notable new buildings on community college campuses by the Chronicle of Higher Education, the leading U.S. newspaper for the academic world.
The Emerson Regional Center of Excellence was highlighted among “new campus landmarks” on Friday, Oct. 31, in a “Community College” supplement in the Chronicle.
“The 35,000-square-foot, $5.9-million building angles, prowlike, into a campus lake, creating an iconic entry to the college,” the Chronicle said. “It houses the institution’s Center for Nursing, as well as a 20,000-square-foot library.”
“Among the sustainable elements are vegetated swales to capture storm water and let it percolate down to the water table; masonry walls designed to collect solar energy; and overhangs that shield the building from direct summer sunlight while allowing winter sunlight to enter.”
Edison was among six higher-education institutions that won awards in 2007 from the American Institute of Architects’ Committee on Architecture for Education. It earned a citation for the Emerson Center, designed by the Collaborative, Inc.
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