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Indiana University Forest Dining Center
Variety is on the menu at this dining hall.
A mixed-use dining facility creates a new center of student life.
Indiana University
Forest Dining Center
Strengthening the identity of the dining hall.
The renovation and new construction of Forest Dining Center creates a main path through the center of the building connecting a series of dining pavilions with diverse restaurant grade serveries, or micro-restaurants. A stair tower element denotes the main entry along Jones Avenue, a major pedestrian spine. The existing loading dock, which faced out toward Jones Ave, is replaced with a new two-story glass and limestone façade that recalls the architectural elements of the central campus.
Giving students more options.
A diverse range dining pavilions and hard and soft seating provide a range of options for students to dine and gather with their peers. Transparent materials provide internal and external connections.
A mixed-use destination.
The second level features a meeting room, classrooms, computer lab, offices and academic support spaces, making the Forest Dining Center a mixed-use campus destination for students.
Extending dining to the outdoors.
New outdoor dining terraces activating major campus pathways and weave the dining center into the fabric of the campus neighborhood.
Let's aim for
extraordinary
together
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