META+Lab,
California State University Northridge
Los Angeles, CA
Interior architecture
goes META.
Crafting an innovative maker space from the inside, out.
Mak[ing] space.
Combining art, technology and marketing, META+Lab integrates students, faculty and staff into a multidisciplinary, creative community.
With big ideas and innovative energy already in place, META+Lab now needed to renovate its existing space into an exciting digital maker space that echoed and enhanced its experimental feel. One that fostered creativity. Encouraged growth and invention. And invited engagement and discovery.
Taking cues from creative office spaces, HED developed a new design for a renovated maker space that is open, ambient and flexible—one custom-designed for idea-sharing, cross-pollination, collegiality and inspiration.
With big ideas and innovative energy already in place, META+Lab now needed to renovate its existing space into an exciting digital maker space that echoed and enhanced its experimental feel. One that fostered creativity. Encouraged growth and invention. And invited engagement and discovery.
Taking cues from creative office spaces, HED developed a new design for a renovated maker space that is open, ambient and flexible—one custom-designed for idea-sharing, cross-pollination, collegiality and inspiration.
The redesigned META+Lab studio captures the feel of a creative workplace in an open, collaborative environment, without offices or cubicles. A central workbench is interspersed with lounge seating, full-size, writable walls and idea boards.
Three strands—in the form of soffits, wing walls and accent colors—intertwine throughout the space, symbolizing the three core disciplines within.
The sleek, modern design provides an open, interdisciplinary environment for faculty, staff and students to explore, share and develop ideas.
Materials, fixtures and furniture—including demountable walls, modern, stylish furniture and high-tech light fixtures—were selected both for aesthetic value and to accommodate the lean project budget and compressed delivery schedule.
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Project Data
Matador Emerging Technology + Arts (Meta) Lab 2014-00041-000
California State University - Northridge
Los Angeles, CA
California State University - Northridge
Los Angeles, CA
PROJECT SCOPE
Renovation
HED ROLE
Full Service A/E
RSF/GSF
3,600
CONSTRUCTION COST
$0.5 Million
SUSTAINABILITY LEVEL
HED Standard
Project Team
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Brent MillerAIA, LEED AP BD+C
Managing Principal
-
Michael BulanderAIA, LEED AP BD+C
Principal
Architecture + Design Leader -
Yu-Ming WeiRA
Associate Principal
Sector Leader
Crafting an innovative maker space from the inside, out.
META+Lab,
California State University Northridge
Los Angeles, CA
-
Matador Emerging Technology + Arts (Meta) Lab 2014-00041-000
California State University - Northridge
Los Angeles, CA
PROJECT SCOPERenovationHED ROLEFull Service A/ERSF/GSF3,600CONSTRUCTION COST$0.5 MillionSUSTAINABILITY LEVELHED StandardMatador Emerging Technology + Arts (Meta) Lab 2014-00041-000
California State University - Northridge
Los Angeles, CA
-
Brent MillerAIA, LEED AP BD+C
Managing Principal
-
Michael BulanderAIA, LEED AP BD+C
Principal
Architecture + Design Leader -
Yu-Ming WeiRA
Associate Principal
Sector Leader
-
Interior architecture
goes META.