Kean University
Liberty Hall Museum + Academic Center
PRINCIPAL
ARCHITECTURAL TEAM
INTERIOR DESIGN
Elizabeth Burke
structural engineering
Enhua Bai
MEP/FP engineering
Construction manager
Project Overview
The Liberty Hall Academic Center at Kean University is designed to provide a contemporary environment in which to teach, study, and celebrate history in close proximity to the substantial historical significance of its namesake, and neighbor, Liberty Hall Museum.
The new academic center is sited to have a formal, axial relationship with the museum and its landscape plan. Exterior building materials, massing, and forms have been designed to be sympathetic to the historic nature of the site and its structures. The museum and its grounds will serve as the focal point through the new academic center’s expanses of glazing. Modern spaces for research, teaching, archiving, preservation, gallery display, and a flexible exhibit hall have been organized to allow for dynamic views back towards the museum, allowing the users to connect with the historic site and to be within its context during their activities.
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