CURVE Design & Planning: Design & Construction

See CURVE on Pinterest for construction images from start to finish, 2013-2014

CURVE concept images by Collins Cooper Carusi Architects, Fall 2013.

• Transformation of Library South 2nd floor
   
• 3300 square feet; 66 occupants
   
• Design-build project with New South Construction and Collins Cooper Carusi Architects.  Total budget, including technology: ~$1.2 million

• Highly-visible space enclosed by glass walls; passersby will see collaboration and large-scale visualizations from multiple vantage points
   
• Modular layout to facilitate a variety of groups and configurations
   
• Swipe-card (PantherCard) access for all qualified Georgia State students, faculty, and staff
  
   

Fiber & Data

When completed, CURVE will have 66 fiber termination points and approximately 40 data (Cat6) connections.

Curved glass wall - C.R. Laurence Stacking Partion System - See brochure/specs (pdf)

New South Construction demolition began 12/23/2013.  See CURVE on Pinterest for construction images from start to finish, 2013-2014.

Bryan Sinclair
Associate Dean & Project Lead
Georgia State University Library
bsinclair@gsu.edu
404-413-2721

Krista Graham
Head, Digital Library Services
kgraham13@gsu.edu

Khyle Hannan
Library Facilities Coordinator
khannan1@gsu.edu

Joseph Hurley
Interim Director, CURVE
jhurley@gsu.edu

Technical Advisors:

Keith Campbell
Director, Technology Engineering
Information Systems & Technology

Davide Gaetano
IT Architect
Information Systems & Technology

Jack Reed
Geospatial Web Engineer
Digital Library Systems, Stanford University Libraries