University of District of Columbia, New Student Center, Washington, DC

“SIZE:
96,000 SF

Highlights:
LEED Platinum Certified
MEP/FP Design

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The University of District of Columbia is the city’s only fully-accredited public higher education institution. The Student Center serves as a community center of the UDC by providing quality facilities, services and conveniences for all the students, faculty, staff and guests of the University.

The UDC Student Center is a comfortable, welcoming environment for meeting, socializing, learning and developing. SETTY services include MEP/FP design in addition to a 200-ton geothermal system design. The facility is the first student union in the nation to achieve LEED Platinum certification.

The state-of-the-art student center consists of a welcome center, a ballroom, space for student government and activity offices, assembly space for university programs and spaces for student leisure and socializing. It also contains restaurants intended to cater to the planned mix of residential and commuter, undergraduate and graduate students, as well as faculty, staff, and visitors. The building also features a fitness center.