Justin Dart Jr. Center for Students with Disabilities

Location
Greater Third Ward Houston, TX
Type
Community
Size
4,500 SF

The Justin Dart Center for Students with Disabilities at the University of Houston, built in 2002, is the first stand-alone building on any American university campus to specifically serve the disabled community. The building comprises two opposing shed-roofed volumes that overlap at the central corridor. This geometry introduces light into the center of the building. The simple plaster exterior and metal roof establish a quiet but significant presence for a place that has become an important center of student life on campus.