CSUN META + Lab

META+Lab, California State University Northridge

Los Angeles, CA

META+design.

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.

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.

Project Data

Matador Emerging Technology + Arts (Meta) Lab 2014-00041-000
California State University - Northridge
Los Angeles, CA

PROJECT SCOPE

Renovation

HED ROLE

Architecture (Full Service)

RSF/GSF

3,600

CONSTRUCTION COST

$0.5 Million

SUSTAINABILITY LEVEL

LEED Certified Equivalent

Project Team

Brent Miller

AIA, LEED AP BD+C
Managing Principal
Michael Bulander

AIA, LEED AP BD+C
Principal
Architecture Leader
Yu-Ming Wei

RA
Principal
Project Management Leader

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Matador Emerging Technology + Arts (Meta) Lab 2014-00041-000
California State University - Northridge
Los Angeles, CA
PROJECT SCOPE

Renovation

HED ROLE

Architecture (Full Service)

RSF/GSF

3,600

CONSTRUCTION COST

$0.5 Million
SUSTAINABILITY LEVEL
LEED Certified Equivalent
Matador Emerging Technology + Arts (Meta) Lab 2014-00041-000
California State University - Northridge
Los Angeles, CA
- Brent Miller
  
  AIA, LEED AP BD+C
  Managing Principal
- Michael Bulander
  
  AIA, LEED AP BD+C
  Principal
  Architecture Leader
- Yu-Ming Wei
  
  RA
  Principal
  Project Management Leader

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