ARCHITECTURAL FOCUS
THE L . GALE LEMERAND STUDENT CENTER TRANSFORMS THE DAYTONA STATE COLLEGE CAMPUS
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The 74,000-square-foot L . Gale Lemerand student center at Daytona State College establishes an iconic presence to the campus along International Speedway Boulevard connecting its famed beachfront with the rest of Florida .
Solving a campus planning dilemma of ubiquitous parking lots and background buildings facing the public way , an organically curving stone and bronze wall now faces the boulevard , embraces visitors like two outreached arms creating a landscaped welcome lawn and defining a clear point of campus entry .
Rising from the center of the gently curving wall is an iconic bronze portal framing the opening to the student center and giving passage to the campus quadrangle beyond . Internally a three-story commons overlooks the quadrangle and serves as the campus
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