Building Overview

Architect

AC Martin Partners

Scope

151,000 gross square feet

Areas Included

• Admission Center
• Epstein Family Alumni Center
• Trojan Hospitality
• Student Life, Involvement, and Programming

Student Affairs Spaces

• Academic Recognition Programs
• Volunteer Center
• KSCR Radio Station
• Mexican American Alumni Association
• Black Alumni Association

Student Life and Involvement

• Student Organization offices
• Campus Activities
• Undergraduate Student Government
• Graduate and Professional Student Senate
• Program Board
• Scheduling Office
• Leadership Programs
• Campus Center administration

Design Features

• Architecturally, the Ronald Tutor Campus Center facility provides a dramatic and elegant space consistent with USC's reputation as a world-class university of the 21st century.
• At the heart of the Campus Center will be a grand outdoor plaza, a visually stunning gathering and dining area that will become the heartbeat of life on USC'S campus.
• The upper levels of the Campus Center will include open walkways facing the courtyard in order to bring about more connection throughout the facility.
• Every design and programmatic element of the Campus Center is devoted to fulfilling USC’s mission of “cultivation of the human mind and spirit.”

Student Program Spaces

• Main Campus Center lobby/Information desk
• Lounge/study area and study alcoves
• Multipurpose room with capacity for 750 person banquet
• Meeting rooms
• Activity room
• Tommy's Place
• Short-term lockers

TrojanHospitality

• Restaurant with indoor and patio seating
• Traditions Pub
• Convenience Store
• Coffee Shop
• Food Court

The Ronald Tutor Campus Center will be built on the current site of the Commons and the Topping Student Center and area immediately north, integrating with the existing Student Union facility and Bookstore and providing a coherent design scheme for both structures.

The design and development of the new Campus Center will be guided by the following key goals:

• Encourage collaboration, the development of interpersonal relationships, and the open exchange of ideas among students, faculty, staff, alumni, family of students and other members of the university community
• Foster an enduring attraction, loyalty, and dedication to the values and spirit of the Trojan family
• Enhance the academic life experiences of undergraduate and graduate students through a wide range of curricular and co-curricular opportunities
• Contribute substantively to USC’s intellectual climate by providing a welcoming location for out-of-class interactions between faculty and students
• Provide a spatial and symbolic hub in which all constituencies of the Trojan family can find cultural, social, and educational programming spaces
• Reflect the beauty of USC and its status as an innovative, world-class research university
• Reinforce the core values of USC, supporting the University’s Plan for Increasing Academic Excellence and the Division of Student Affair’s strategic plan.

Project Team

USC
Patrick Bailey, Student Affairs
Jason Cruz, Student Affairs
Michael Jackson, Student Affairs
Amy Johnson, Student Affairs
Mathias Knape, Student Representative, GPSS
Sue Lewis, Provost Office
Jerry Lucido, Enrollment Policy and Management
Jens Midthun, Student Representative, USG
Scott Mory, Alumni Relations
Thom Rhue, University Advancement
Jay Simons, Office of the University Architect
Jon Soffa, Office of the University Architect
Dan Stimmler, Trojan Services
Ken Taylor, Student Affairs
Curt Williams, Capital Construction
Stan Westfall, Capital Construction
Previous Student Members
Sahil Chaudry, Student Representative, USG
Matt Heins, Student Representative, USG
Albert Lai, Student Representative, GPSS
Ronalee Lo, Student Representative, GPSS
AC Martin Partners
Robert Genevie
Tammy Jow
Ken Lewis
David Martin
Robert Murrin

Construction Timeline

USC Campus Center Design and Construction Schedule