The store site lies between the main
street dining hall/post office and the student union. Linkage to those
facilities is reinforced by the building shape and plaza edged by “sitting
steps.” Repetitive building corners allow extensive glass for displays
on the interior and exterior. The interior sales area under staggered
roofs is conceived as a “market hall” with a light-filled open space visually
extended by a north-facing glass curtain wall. The merchandising design
includes three 18-foot high display towers, two 20-foot high display scaffolds
at the curtain wall, and triangular graphic banners.
