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 * Vertical and horizontal circulation of the student center at Cleveland University **



The Student Center at Cleveland University located in Cleveland, USA; is a building open since 2010, that was conceive to offer a wide range of services to students and faculty. It has open connections with the campus and downtown Cleveland, Euclid Avenue. Because of elements as sidewalks, lighting, and landscaping. This is why I’m going to talk about vertical and horizontal circulation, which is very important in the meaning of this building.

The system of circulation in this building is very fluid. Because of the use of ramps and stairs that connect the different spaces of the building. The building has different access from Euclid Avenue and other streets, through stairs leading to the atrium floor, bookstore, pub, and cyber lounge located at different points on the first floor at the perimeter of the building. Also there is a ramp on the outside that takes you to the outdoor plaza located too on the first floor level with access to the main entry, creating a connection between the building and the exterior. There are also 4 system of vertical circulation in the inside that distributed people to the different 3 levels, by stairs, which are located in the perimeter of the central atrium, so they could be visible to the public.

As I already said, the main entry has connections with public spaces. Then we can find in the first level pedestrian bridges which distributed to the main plaza and the parking. On the second story there is an interior walkway system that provides direct access to the campus, which is one of the most important system of horizontal circulation of the building. Finally, on the third level there are some spaces interconnected and an outdoor terrace with view to the fronting Euclid Avenue.

In conclusion the student center at Cleveland University is a very interesting space which has a very fluid circulation that permits connections with the outside, making it a very accessible building, accorded to its function. And I also think that it has a perfect balance between vertical and horizontal circulation. media type="custom" key="19320336"