East Carolina University
Main Campus Student Center

The cafeteria showcases cove, slot, pendant, and recessed wall and ceiling lighting, as well as daylighting controls.
The building exterior is illuminated at night by wall and pole mounts, floodlights, landscape lighting, and area lighting and uplighting effects.
A study area features pendant and specialty lighting and accent lighting effects.
A student commons space showcases slot, custom, and pendant lighting as well as accent lighting effects.
An event space features custom color-changing lighting in the university's signature purple, cove, indirect, and pendant lighting.
The cafeteria showcases cove, slot, pendant, and recessed wall and ceiling lighting, as well as daylighting controls.
The classroom showcases custom LEDs, cove, slot, and pendant lighting.
A study area is illuminated by cove, slot, and recessed ceiling lighting.
An illuminated corridor peering into a student meditation room.
The campus' central plant is illuminated at night by wall and pole mounts, floodlights, landscape lighting, and area lighting and uplighting effects.
The campus food court with students waiting in line to order at Panda Express.
The cafeteria features soffits, ceiling downlighting, pendants, and task and troffer lighting solutions.
A student study area features slot and recessed ceiling lighting.
A campus theater is illuminated by step lights, ceiling surface mounts, and ceiling downlighting.
An illuminated study room with a big window and yellow chairs.
The theater hallway entrance features recessed ceiling, cove, and display lighting, as well as ceiling downlight and color-changing effects.
The university apparel store showcases recessed, slot, display, and pendant lighting.

This expansive new student center on East Carolina University's (ECU) main campus serves a wide variety of programmatic needs. The design features a cultural center, black box theater, ballroom, bookstore, group study spaces, game lounge, food court, and an expansive daylit dining area, making it a bustling student activity hub on campus.

The student center represents a step into the future for ECU and is one of the first state-owned buildings in North Carolina illuminated exclusively by LED sources. The student center has a visually comfortable, economical, and easily maintained lighting solution. A concealed cove detail in the ballroom provides perimeter accent illumination in the Pirates’ trademark purple. Pivotal seamlessly integrated linear luminaires into wood slat ceilings in multiple locations.

Exterior uplighting accentuates the brick and steel structure supporting wood-clad canopies on the south and east facades, creating a distinct and welcoming destination for students and visitors.

LOCATION:
Greenville, North Carolina

SIZE:
214,000 square feet

PROJECT PARTNERS:
Affiliated Engineers, Inc.
Perkins&Will

LEED® STATUS:
LEED Silver

AWARDS:
2019 Building North Carolina Awards, Best Overall Design - Business North Carolina

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