The Gateway:
The Gateway Residence Hall at the Maryland Institute College of Arts is a 9-story, 108,000 square foot student dormitory building and a signature feature of the MICA campus. The building has 64 dormitory rooms, artist studio space, art galleries, conference rooms, a coffee house, and a versatile “black box” theater capable of being arranged to suit any function. Due to unique site constraints the building has a full 360 degree façade, forming a donut like shape with an open air courtyard in the center. This courtyard features a garden and actually sits above the “black box” theater, creating an interesting structural challenge. Most of the building’s structure is concrete with glass curtain walls on all sides of the building. Gateway also features a number of unique architectural characteristics, including vertical and horizontal cuts in the façade that penetrate into the courtyard, a rectangular tower, a base set back from the stories above, and a shared wall with an older converted fire station.
The Capstone Project Electronic Portfolio (CPEP) is a web‐based project and information center. It
contains material produced for a year‐long Senior Thesis class. Its purpose, in addition to providing
central storage of individual assignments, is to foster communication and collaboration between
student, faculty consultant, course instructors, and industry consultants. This website is dedicated to
the research and analysis conducted via guidelines provided by the Department of Architectural
Engineering. For an explanation of this capstone design course and its requirements click here. |
Project Timeline:
4/22/13- ABET Assessment and Reflection Posted
4/9/13- Presentation Posted
4/3/13- Final Report Posted
1/14/13- Building Statistics 2 Posted
1/8/13- Revised Proposal Posted
12/14/12- Thesis Proposal Complete
11/12/12- Tech Report Three Complete
10/22/12- Thesis Abstract Posted
10/12/12- Tech Report Two Complete
09/28/12- Thesis Abstract Submitted
09/17/12- Tech Report One Complete
09/10/12- Student Bio Complete
09/7/12- Home Page Posted
08/31/12- Building Statistics 1 Complete
07/03/12- Obtained Project Documents
06/26/12- Owner Permission Recieved
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