As stated on Cal State Fullerton’s website:  “Four years from start to finish, the three buildings that make up Mihaylo Hall stand as a flagship at the front of the campus at the new intersection of Folino Drive and Nutwood Avenue.”  “Of course, the first step into the building’s Grand Foyer is impressive, and Michael Smith calls it the heart of Mihaylo Hall.  ‘It is the cornerstone in making this building not only unique but pleasurable.  It’s not like anything else on campus,’ says Smith, director of the Office of Design and Construction for Cal State Fullerton.  ‘It’s the great meeting space to collaborate in.’”  This foyer features Steelcase Coalesse products such as Metro Bix booths, Vecta Disc tables, and Brayton Enea chairs. 

Another key component in Tangram being awarded this project was our unique solution of a Tangram Studio custom designed freestanding leg to support office overhead storage, work surfaces, and under work surface shelves.  The school’s requirements were to not wall attach any furniture due to structural engineering limitations.  Other vendor solutions were to use panels within offices or overhead storage hutches which would cost the end user valuable office or work surface real estate.  This is a text book example of how our Studio division can round out the Steelcase portfolio to address end user needs, and may turn into a national patent we offer to Steelcase dealerships throughout the country!

Photograph by  Michael Jarrett of Michael Jarrett Studio
Design by HOK