UCF Campus
Orlando, FL
CSEL building
CSEL building
New Plaza

Connecting Students
Community Environment:
The UCF Career Services and
Experiential Learning (CSEL) building houses two departments within UCF.
These departments have the mission of helping students find their true professional calling and connecting them to the workplace where they can gain experience and full -time positions during school and after graduation.
The design of the project, located prominently on the main Memory Mall of the UCF campus, provides easy access for students to these services and strives to be an inviting and open
design to encourage student and faculty collaboration.

Collaborative Environment
Community Environment:
The main entry lobby and public collaboration space (the Career Peer
Area, top right) were designed with exterior views onto the Memory Mall and exterior plaza, connecting
students to the exterior environment.
This open space has computer stations for student research and is adjacent to graduate and faculty offices for private student career counseling.
The large seminar space (on bottom right) is used for CSEL teaching seminars, career expo functions, and employer social events. The room is equipped with the latest Audio Visual technology for teaching and long distance learning. The furniture in the room is flexible to accommodate the various functions of the space.
Career Peer Area
Large Seminar Room

Student Support
Learning Environment:
The Career Services department, located on the first two floors, supports students with resume development and interviewing skills.
The design of the building incorporates open and inviting lobby spaces, offices with ample daylight, and practice interview rooms. This department also coordinates employer interviews and has over 18 private interview rooms for this purpose. A private employer lounge for employer downtime between scheduled interviews gives employers their own comfortable and high-tech break area.
The Experiential Learning department, located on the third floor, further connects student job seekers with hiring employers.
Third Floor Lobby
Employer Lounge

Contextual Solution
Physical Environment:
The UCF Campus Standards require brick, metal panel, and glass curtain wall to be used on all buildings in the
Memory Mall portion of campus. The
Career Services & Experiential
Learning building uses these materials in modern ways, using a geometric architectural vocabulary which fits well with the existing context. The curving roof form of the glass corner also references the nearby UCF Arena, creating a design dialog between the two structures.
The massing of the building forms, with a combination of two story and three story volumes, helps the project to present an attractive façade on all sides.
Entry from Parking

Daylighting and Views
Physical Environment –
The CSEL building houses a mixture of research spaces, seminar rooms, interview rooms, and private offices.
The full time faculty support students in a range of activities from career guidance counseling, to resume building, to interview coaching. The faculty also works closely with employers to connect them with the best student candidates. For these purposes the offices must be private, yet inviting and open. The design of the project optimized views to the campus and maximized daylighting by incorporating exterior ribbon windows and entry door sidelights into every office and conference room space.
This combination allows daylight to penetrate deep into the building, creating the open feel desired by the
Owner.
Office
Conference Room

Team Design
Planning Process:
SchenkelShultz Architecture worked from the very start of the project with the Owner to identify the priorities for the project and achieve these through the building planning and design.
These priorities were to create a signature building on this very prominent site, an open and inviting building for students, and an energy efficient structure. These priorities were realized by opening the public spaces of the building to the Memory
Mall, strategically locating the large glazing elements in the building, and celebrating the sidewalk corner intersections by elevating the entry plaza and accenting the entry with the glass form. Several alternatives were explored with the Owner for the corner design form, with the curving roof emerging as the final form.
Schematic Design
Conceptual Rendering

Sustainability
Planning Process:
The University of Central Florida is committed to sustainable design, and requires all new projects to obtain a minimum of LEED® Silver. The CSEL project has targeted LEED® Gold from its start, and our current LEED®
Checklist has us achieving that goal.
The final energy analysis produced by the Engineer of Record (TLC
Engineering) shows the building achieving a 40% increase of energy performance over the ASHRAE required baseline. This will result in substantial cost savings to the Owner over time, and a significant reduction in energy consumption over the life of the building. This sustainable approach to building design was a fundamental part of the planning process from the project’s inception.
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LEED Checklist

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Construction Firm:
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SchenkelShultz Architecture
Architect
Timothy A. Wagoner, AIA
Principal
200 E Robinson St, Suite 300
Orlando, FL 32801
407-872-3322
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Ramski & Company
Interior Design
Jennifer Ramski
President
1235 Mount Vernon Street
Orlando, FL 32803
407-898-6570
PPI Construction
Construction Manager, General Contractor
Glenn Mullins
Vice President
200 E Palm Valley Drive, Suite 1040A
Orlando, FL 32765
407-359-1660

Project Name
City
State
District Name
Supt/President
Occupancy Date
Grades Housed
Capacity(Students)
Site Size (acres)
Gross Area (sq. ft.)
Per Occupant(pupil) gross/net please indicate
Design and Build?
If yes, Total Cost:
Includes:
If no,
Site Development:
Building Construction:
Fixed Equipment:
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UCF Career Services & Experiential Learning
Orlando
Florida
University of Central Florida
John C. Hitt, University of Central Florida President
November 2010
Higher Education
Large Seminar Room
– 81, Small Seminar Room – 35,
Total building occupant maximum approximately 250 students and faculty
0.48 acres
26,760 GSF
107 GSF per occupant
1.65
no
Included
$6,140,543 by UCF, unknown
$6,140,543