HLA Hoffman Leakey Architects LLC

This project began as a study to expand the existing Commons Desk at Findlay, which services the 3,000 students living in the East Residence Halls, while also addressing logistical challenges faced within the conjoined loading dock used by both Mail and Parcel Services and Housing and Food Services. With the influx of mail and package deliveries over the last several years, the Commons Desk was in dire need of more space for their operations, and the problem was contributing to an overcrowded and disorganized loading dock. HLA assisted in exploring all possible means of optimizing operations including leveraging different systems for receiving and organizing packages, as well as studying various revised interior layouts for both the Commons Desk and the loading dock. After many years of working with this client, HLA delivered an end result that was desirable to all affected departments with a new aesthetic that ties in much better with the more recently renovated common space.

Services

Architecture + Interior Design, Project Management, Construction Administration

G.M. McCrossin

Contractor

State College, PA

Penn State University

Location

Owner

Findlay Commons Desk & Loading Dock

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