The Madonna University Welcome Center is a union between two entities to create the narrative for both the expanding university and the history of the Felician Community. The University desires a contemporary welcome center; the first visit for all incoming students, while the Sisters are looking for something steeped in history and a site where visitors could take a pilgrim’s journey. This building joins archival facilities, exhibit spaces, administrative offices, multi-purpose spaces, and places of leisure. With a broad program and an engaged client, the Welcome Center manages all elements with both a youthful imagination and a pragmatic form.
The Felician Sisters already had a traditional chapel built in 1936, in Livonia, Michigan. As such, the Welcome Center is not directly intended for worship, instead it’s designed as a place for service, community and reflection. The practical stacked bar holds the majority of the program, such as university admin, cafe, archival storage, offices, and prep rooms. The center is a museum for the Nuns and their order, and the great room becomes classrooms and a large shared space when desired.
Daniel Yontz
Selected Projects Completed at Various Architectural Firms
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Design
The complete buildings, projects, or design work were the product of collective work from many people, however, all booklets, sketches and the website were of my own making.
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