ERAU Henderson Welcome Center & Administration Building

 

37,000 SF, two-story facility for Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. The building holds offices and meeting spaces for the President of the University, the University Cabinet and Board of Trustees. Designed as an administration building and a welcome center, the building also boasts outdoor reflection pools and fountains, a 50-foot atrium with clerestory, interactive information kiosks and projection screens, and a large assembly hall seating 350 people separated from a pre-function space by a motorized radius partitions. The interior also includes a VIP area with a commercial kitchen, dining area, bar and seating area. It is separated from the offices by an interior pedestrian bridge. The construction is structural concrete and steel, architectural concrete and composite metal panels, glass and precast. The roof is constructed of thermoplastic polyolefin (TPO) single-ply membranes. Terrazzo flooring and hardwood flooring, custom wood millwork, metal panel ceilings, interior glass walls and custom fixtures enhance the interiors of the building.