{"id":9694,"date":"2016-12-05T18:21:02","date_gmt":"2016-12-05T23:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/?p=9694"},"modified":"2021-03-23T12:54:27","modified_gmt":"2021-03-23T16:54:27","slug":"new-building-open-interamerican-campus-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/new-building-open-interamerican-campus-spring\/","title":{"rendered":"New Building To Open At IAC In Spring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After a $77-million investment by the College, outsourced classes at the Koubek Center and a building covered in dust and dirt,<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">InterAmerican Campus\u2019 students, faculty and staff will occupy the new facilities of building 6, located at 701 S.W. 27th Ave., in the upcoming spring semester<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThey desperately needed classrooms,\u201d said <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the project\u2019s senior architect,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> James Piersol. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The remodeled <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">471,000-square-foot office building was originally purchased by Miami Dade College in <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2012 from <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shavuot Realty for $25 million. It took $52 million to renovate the old office structure including <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">construction, furniture and technology expenses. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The building, which takes up a square block, has two main components: a wrap-around parking garage and lower level store-front, mezzanine and outdoor space along with a 15 story tower that emerges from within the structure. It sits adjacent to the original IAC building.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eight out of the 27 new classrooms opened for the first time this past fall term to house some math, speech, English and philosophy classes. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For the entire fall semester students had to share elevators and stairwells with construction activity that was dusty, dirty and noisy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThat added major challenges,\u201d Piersol said. \u201cTrying to remodel an existing building while still being used. It\u2019s kind of like doing heart surgery on someone while they\u2019re running down the street.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This was possible because of the project\u2019s fast-track technique that allowed the architects to begin construction before the final designs were completed. The College, architects and construction managers worked collaboratively on the undertaking. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The lack of space at IAC forced the administration to outsource the campus\u2019 classes to the Koubek Center located four blocks north at 2705 S.W. Third St.\u2014a five-minute walk from campus\u2014from January 2015 to April 2016, according to IAC President Joanne Bashford.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">InterAmerican Campus is located in the heart of Little Havana and offers more than 200 degree and certificate programs, including associate\u2019s in science and interpretation studies.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Janelle Fernandez, the director of campus administration at IAC said the campus had 13,000 degree-seeking students in 2015-16 and 19,000 total students.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The construction lasted nearly two and a half years and was an extremely complicated process, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">according to Piersol and Bashford. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Building 6 was redesigned to provide a wide variety of amenities to students. These include a common learning area\u2014a combined library, computer courtyard and tutoring services space. A new Student Life Center, bookstore, outdoor plaza and a variety of dining options take up 35,000 square feet spread throughout the building\u2019s first floor. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The second floor mezzanine level is dedicated to improved classrooms, offices and lounges for the Honors College and the School of Education. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The facility has a brand new elevator and stair structure. Other features include spacious classrooms with recently bought furniture and views of Downtown, Brickell, Coral Gables and Coconut Grove.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI think it\u2019s going to be one of the nicest campuses, if not the nicest campus that we have so far&#8230;It\u2019s going to be a draw for students from places that previously didn\u2019t consider IAC as the place they wanted to go to,\u201d Bashford said. \u201cThey\u2019ll reconsider now just because it\u2019s going to look so great, and it\u2019s just going to be fabulous.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Joseph Martinez, a biology major in the InterAmerican Campus Honors College, is particularly looking forward to the extra classroom space. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThere\u2019s always a lot of people going everywhere at the same time,\u201d Martinez said. \u201cHaving another building would be an improvement, and it\u2019s been a huge success already. The classrooms are pretty comfortable and very spacious, and that only improves the quality of class.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The structure was exclusively planned with students and department\u2019s needs in mind. Throughout the design process, various meetings were held to identify and meet those needs. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Valentina d\u2019Empaire, a 2016 IAC graduate, attended one of those meetings nearly a year ago. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWithout that building we don\u2019t have that sense of commitment to the campus,\u201d d\u2019Empaire said. \u201cA lot of students just go to class and then leave. This space will help students commit more to the campus just by having that sense of place to hang out.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The campus\u2019 administration plans to host a ribbon cutting ceremony in February for the building\u2019s grand opening. 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