Fields Center and Community House
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The 18,800-square-foot facility pairs the restored Elm Club building (left) with a contemporary 5,000-square-foot addition. When establishing their new home at 58 Prospect Ave, the Fields Center and Community House staff decided to make it a beacon for multicultural education and social opportunities within the University campus and local community. photo: Princeton University, Office of Communications, Brian Wilson (2009) |
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The open and light-filled facility offers larger, more visible and dynamic space for the Fields Center and Community House. Work included an exterior restoration of the former Elm Club building to its original Italianate revival style with new stucco and cast stone details, as well as an interior renovation of the three-story building. photo: Princeton University, Office of Communications, Brian Wilson (2009) |
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Among the Fields Center's planned new offerings are collaborations with the Princeton Writing Program, which will meet in the building's seminar room. photo: Princeton University, Office of Communications, Brian Wilson (2009) |
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The interior of the new building is designed to support of a mix of functions and to leave room for growth for Fields Center and Community House educational, social and tutoring programs. Rooms on the first floor include a lobby that also serves as a gallery, a library, a small area with café seating and formal sitting areas in a vibrant color scheme that provide spaces for chats, speakers and movie screenings. photo: Princeton University, Office of Communications, Brian Wilson (2009) |
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The Fields Center and Community House recently moved into their new home at 58 Prospect Ave., the site of the Fields Center opening celebration on Thursday, Sept. 17. Pictured in front of the building are, from left: Community House Director Marjorie Young, Vice President for Campus Life Janet Dickerson, Fields Center Student Program Manager Dora Chua, President Shirley M. Tilghman and Fields Center Director Makeba Clay. photo: Princeton University, Office of Communications, Brian Wilson (2009) |
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Students, faculty, staff, alumni and members of the public listened to remarks during the opening celebration. photo: Princeton University, Office of Communications, Brian Wilson (2009) |
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Princeton senior Chua, who is coordinator of the Princeton University Mentoring Program, talked about how the mentoring program and other student groups will utilize the new building's larger and more flexible space for educational and social opportunities. photo: Princeton University, Office of Communications, Brian Wilson (2009) |
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An event space featuring large windows, wood-paneled walls of Douglas fir, and a dark wood floor is designed for musical performances, lectures, banquets and conferences. photo: Princeton University, Office of Communications, Brian Wilson (2009) |