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Uhler Hall
Indiana, PAUhler Hall, home of IUP’s renowned psychology department, involved comprehensive renovation of an existing three-level classroom building and a four-level addition, and construction of a new entry plaza and sidewalks. The addition gives the building a stylish new facade and forms a finished edge on the north end of the campus’ iconic oak grove.
The design aligns with the university’s planned growth, anticipating the diversion of Oakland Avenue from the campus, and the extension of the grove to the west. The building’s entrance is in a two-story lobby between the original structure and the addition. A bridge over the lobby connects the buildings at the second floor.
Faculty and administration offices occupy the addition, the “head” of the building, while classrooms, labs and clinical suites occupy the existing building. The first floor, which weathers most of the student traffic, utilizes a traditional central corridor design, but the borrowed natural light from the adjacent rooms transforms it into a bright “internal street.”