Mori Hosseini Student Union, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

“The lighting is almost Space Age and portrays the school’s mission.” —Juror Raymond Barberousse, Studio PGRB

Prominently positioned near the entrance of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s campus in Daytona Beach, Fla., the avian-inspired Mori Hosseini Student Union designed by Ikon.5 Architects creates an iconic identity for the university. Fisher Marantz Stone’s lighting design strategy accentuates the building’s steel and glass exterior and transparency of space to reinforce the concept of flight. Uplighting the winglike roof forms and struts creates the illusion that the 177,000-square-foot building is hovering above the ground.

Inside, the lighting design enhances the curvilinear spaces and the cosmological references to aviation and aerospace with abstract orbital and meteorlike arrangements of linear LED downlights and pendants. It also creates a series of identifiable program zones and activity areas within a flexible plan without the need for walls.

A triple-height commons integrates the collaborative environments. The university library sits under a 200-foot arching skylight, while a second-floor roof terrace invites students to gaze down the runways of Daytona International Airport to rocket launches from Cape Canaveral.

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The student union sits at the center of campus on the edge of Daytona Beach International Airport. Exterior pathway lighting connects campus precincts to the Union.

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Pathway and handrail lighting along the roof terrace reinforce the building’s avian-inspired form.

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The union's cosmoslike ceilings and lighting blend with the Floridian dusk sky.

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Lighting reinforces the orbital-like space of the student commons.

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A 200-foot-long skylight illuminates the student commons and adjacent library.

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Lighting arranged in orbital and meteor-like placement in the open student lounge spaces.

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Continuous LED linear fixtures integrated into glass-fiber reinforced ceiling panels create a celestial effect to the dining commons and adjacent lounge spaces.

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Linear and canopy-mounted light fixtures reinforce the arch form of the library skylight.

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View of the Student Union from the campus quad.

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Mori Hosseini Student Union Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Dayton Beach, Fla.

Details
Project Name: Mori Hosseini Student Union, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Location: Daytona Beach, Fla.
Client/Owner: Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Lighting Designer: Fisher Marantz Stone, New York • Enrique Garcia-Carrera, Bhumi Patel, Phatthanan Kasemtreerat
Architect: Ikon.5 Architects, New York • Joseph G. Tattoni, FAIA, Arvind Tikku, AIA, Charles Maira, AIA, J. Daniel Cummings, AIA, Lynn Halling Saverio Manago, AIA, Matthew Kliwinski, AIA
Structural Engineer: Thornton Tomasetti
M/E/P/F Engineer: OCI Engineers
Civil Engineer: Parker Mynchenberg & Associates
General Contractor: Barton Malow Co.
Landscape Architect: Prosser
Photographer: Feinknopf Photography • Brad Feinknopf

Project Size: 177,000 square feet
Project Cost: $70,000,000
Lighting Cost: $1,150,000
Watts per Square Foot: 1.2
Code Compliance: Florida Building Code Energy Conservation, 5th Edition
Lighting Product Manufacturers: ACDC LED, Forms+Surfaces, Edison Price Lighting, Focal Point, Luminii, Amerlux, Lutron Hi-Lume, ERCO, Lucifer Lighting Co., Selux, Vibia