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CENTER
The John Stewardson Memorial Competition in Architecture 2009
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Sub-level 1”=16’ 7
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Site Plan 1”=100’
The International Bioethics Center on Thomas Jefferson University’s Campus 8
explores the contrasts between professionals in the Bioethics field and visitors 2
of the immediate Philadelphia area. 10
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Visitors and Bioethicists merge through experiencing spaces that interrupt the
coexistence of their opposing attitudes.
Ground Level 1”=16’
The International Bioethics Center allows this relationship through expanding
spatial possibility for discussion and observation.
Interactive relationships between public gathering spaces and private study
spaces serve users the freedom to experience the multitude of Bioethics.
Public Gallery Exhibit
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Public Gathering Administrative Archive Auxiliary
1 MainEntrance/Lobby/Anatomical Exhibit 5 Reception 21 Research Library 28 Loading Dock
29 Recycling/Garbage Center 3
2 Rentable Public Meeting Rooms(4) 6 Director’s Staff Offices(4) 22 Librarian’s Office
3 Meeting/ Lecture Hall 7 Conference Room 23 Printing/Copying Center 30 Mechanical/Electrical/Plumbing
4 A/V and Green Room 8 Director’s Office 24 Stacks 31 Janitorial Closet
9 Secretary to the Director’sOffice 25 Periodicals 32 Storage
10 Private Restrooms 26 Digital Archive Servers
11 Event Planning(2) 27 Reading Room
12 Press Coordination(2)
13 Speaker Coordination(2)
14 Journal Publication(4)
15 Web ContentEditor(4)
Public Vertical Circulation 16 Research Coordination(15)
17 Proposal and Grant Review(3)
PrivateStudy Spaces 18 Intern Offices(4)
19 Interpreter Offices(2) 4
Public Gathering/Discussion Spaces 20 Staff Restrooms
Green Space in Northern Exterior
Second Level 1”=16’