Have you ever glanced at one of Monet’s paintings of the Giverney Gardens and seen the brilliant explosion of color before you? The front of the MSE library has transformed from a quiet and tranquil study lounge, with monotonous soft blue couches, to a dynamic room with an array of chairs, which encompass every single color in the spectrum.
Upon first glance, you may be slightly bemused and perplexed by this bizarre scene of disparate sitting options. However, after entering the lively cove, you will soon discover that Hopkins is planning to purchase innovative and modern chairs to furnish the new Brody Learning Commons. This will be a four-story building, located directly south of the Milton S. Eisenhower Library. It is expected to open in July of 2012, and will add over five hundred new studying seats, which will increase the library seating capacity by almost one-third. Additionally, it will attach to the MSE on various floors and include a new reading room, fifteen new study rooms, more smart technology classrooms and seminar rooms, a new atrium and cafe.
On the website http://bit.ly/BLCchairs, you can vote and choose your favorite from one of the many categories of seats, including café, task, lounge, lounge specialty, lounge tablet, and task specialty. There are myriad seats, consisting of chairs of all shapes, sizes and materials, ranging from an oval shaped lavender beanbag chair to a comfortable, emerald green rocking chair.
This room now appears warm and inviting and is a place where multitudes of people decide to congregate. They can work on group projects or just socialize and discuss the events of each other’s days. It is conveniently located just below Café Q so you can pick up a warm drink and sip it on the chair of your choice.
