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Breadth Topics

Architectural Breadth 

For the architectural breadth; rotating the building, changing the materials, and adding an amphitheater will be the main focus.The courtyard originally was a traditional courtyard and nothing interesting happening in the space. Adding an amphitheater in the courtyard is not only supporting the university mission but more than that. The new design of the courtyard allows student to express their feelings in the space. Since the black box theater open entirely to the courtyard this will allow the students to use the black box theater as a stage for performances, moreover the lighting design solution aims to bring the private (from the arts studio) and public (from the black box theater). The students will be part of designing the lighting in the courtyard, the lighting design solution aims to give the students the ability to control the lighting in the space and be part of the designing process for the courtyard.

Mechanical Breadth 

Since the building is being rotated in the architecture breadth, the mechanical breadth will be a study to show the impact of the building rotation into the mechanical system in comparison to the original location.

Note: While great efforts have been taken to provide accurate and complete information on the pages of CPEP, please be aware that the information contained herewith is considered a work‐in progress for this thesis project. Modifications and changes related to the original building designs and construction methodologies for this senior thesis project are solely the interpretation of Hanan AL Hashimi . Changes and discrepancies in no way imply that the original design contained errors or was flawed. Differing assumptions, code references, requirements, and methodologies have been incorporated into this thesis project; therefore, investigation results may vary from the original design

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