Responding to the need for athletic facilities on campus, the Charles W. Hostler Student Center of the American University of Beirut (AUB) provides 800 students with fitness and sports programs in a modern sustainable building. Located on the lower campus of the American University of Beirut, the new Charles W. Hostler Student Center is made up of five differently rendered buildings that cover 23,000 square meters (247,569 sq ft) including the newly renovated AUB beach, track, and green field seating 560 spectators. Winner of the American Institute of Architects’ (AIA) 2009 Institute Honor Awards for Architecture and the AIA’s Committee on the Environment (COTE) Top Ten Green Projects for 2009, the center provides sports, fitness, and extracurricular world-class facilities. Its design is intended to engage the open and closed spaces created by the placement of buildings while linking the buildings to each, and to the site’s water pavilions, green roofs, and multiple walkways.

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Case Study/Profile Type: DCS
Website: http://http://www.aub.edu.lb/sao/sports/chsc/Pages/index.aspx
World Region: Middle East/Africa
Developer(s): Facilities Planning and Design Unit American University of Beirut
Website (Dev.): http://http://www.aub.edu.lb/facilities/fpdu/Pages/index.aspx
Designer(s): Vincent James Associates Architects, Samir Khairallah and Partners
Website (Des.): http://www.vjaa.com, http://http://www.skp-consultants.com/