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Concordia University Student Union
Client:
Concordia University
Location:
Irvine, CA
Use:
Student Union
Facts:
• 23,000 SF
• 2-level
• Mixed-use facility creates unifying core to the campus
Description:
Concordia University is a private liberal arts University founded in 1976, nestled in the Turtle Rock
residential neighborhood, in Irvine, California. The University serves around 2,400 undergraduate
and graduate students with over 280 faculty members. The 2-story mixed-use Student Union acts
as a student activity hub anchoring the northern end of the Loggia that serves the gymnasium,
bookstore, student services building and the CU Worship Center. The new facility includes a dining
cafeteria for 550 students and faculty in addition to a Café that accommodates 100 occupants.
The upper entry plaza opens up to the central lawn and connects to the Loggia and the rest of the
academic core.