Coffeehouse renovation designs almost complete
The design for the Coffeehouse renovations is almost complete, and the first phase of construction should be finished in July, Student Center Assistant Director Pamelyn Klepal-Shefman said.
‘We have 95 percent of the design plan finished,’ Klepal-Shefman said.
Coffeehouse General Manager Christine Faulstich said the initial renovations will include the installation of bar seating, extended window counter space and seating along the wall closest to Sammy’s.
Faulstich, a Hanszen College junior, said the new coffeehouse will continue to be renovated after this summer’s construction is complete.
The goal of the first stage of renovations is to change the look and feel of the Coffeehouse, Faulstich said.
Additional changes may include a sectioned-off seating area in front of the Coffeehouse. The Coffeehouse Web site contains images of a final design concept, which includes additional bar seating along both the Coffeehouse wall and across the hall near the Campus Store.
The plans also include adding two partitioning walls that form a ‘cozy nook’ next to Sammy’s, new lighting and an extended counter for self-service.
Klepal-Shefman said the Student Center has not yet chosen a construction company for the project. After one is selected, she said, the budget can be set, and the planners can decide on final details.
Klepal-Shefman said she is unsure what materials will be used in the project or what the cost will be but hopes to spend no more than $20,000.
The final concept was designed based on student feedback on four concept designs made by the architecture firm Vaughn & Clarkson Architects.
Klepal-Shefman said many of the students who responded want the renovations to preserve the simple design that fits with the 50-year-old Student Center.
Coffeehouse patron Jerome Taylor said he was unaware of the impending renovations.
Taylor said he thinks the renovations are unnecessary, and that the current open feeling of the Coffeehouse allows customers to socialize with people walking by.
‘I like that it’s a hole-in-the-wall place,’ Taylor, a Brown junior, said.
However Wiess College junior Ian Jennings said he thinks changing the Coffeehouse will give part of the outdated Student Center a welcome new feel.
‘It’s good to see improvement in student-run areas of the [Student Center], like the Coffeehouse,’ Jennings said.
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