McCormick Tribune Campus Center, Illinois Institute of Technology--page 2 (of five pages)

Rem Koolhaas
2003





The south end of the west side of the building

 

The west side

The west entrance juts out and the building is entered through a 20 foot tall glass portrait of Mies. (See google map for a footprint of the building.)

 

The west entrance with the portrait of Mies

 

The north end of the structure with no entrances except for a loading dock

 

The northeast corner of the campus center

This part of the structure is original-- Mies's student center, designed in 1953. The exterior walls and interior wooden partitions are preserved, and the Commons now functions as a cafeteria. One of its glass walls has become an internal wall in the new student center. (See interior views.)
 

The east side of the new building




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