Chatham Anderson Dining Hall

The dining hall is a key center for social and nutritional sustenance, supporting mental health and physical health for the university community. Anderson Dining Hall was an outdated facility comprised of separate rooms. The transformation creates a connected, uplifting, bright, and environmentally expressive student experience reflecting Chatham University’s bucolic arboretum campus.

Working within the existing building envelope, the reconfigured spaces become an open and connected environment with the curvilinear servery fostering a natural circulation flow to the dining facility. A sculptural central ceiling form elevates the atmosphere of the dining area with indirect lighting calibrated to reflect the circadian color temperatures of the day, reinforcing the connection to nature, health, and well-being.

New windows along each facade bring natural light and views to campus. Perimeter planters, green “hearth” walls, and wood bring the beauty of the arboretum campus indoors.

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Details

Architecture Firm: Rothschild Doyno Collaborative

Project Team: Ken Doyno, AIA; Kate Tunney, AICP; Drew Mosher, AIA; Eli Gutierrez, AIA; Nickie Cheung, AIA; Jeff Kalina, Associate AIA; Tara Earnest, Assoc. AIA; Bryan Thompson, AIA; Daniel Rothschild, FAIA; Kim Rullo; Chinaza Okafor; Chic Noll

Client: Chatham University

Contractor: Mosites Construction, Mark Edgar - General Contractor

Engineers: Atlantic Engineering Services, Bob Bertocchi - Structural Engineering; Iams Consulting, LLC, Jonathan Iams - MEP Engineering;

Photographer: Ed Massery/Massery Photography

Consultants: hD5 Hospitality Design, Evan Felps - Kitchen Design Consultant

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