{"id":51761,"date":"2022-05-23T16:45:15","date_gmt":"2022-05-23T20:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/ashley-spinks\/"},"modified":"2024-07-30T09:18:46","modified_gmt":"2024-07-30T13:18:46","slug":"ashley-spinks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/faces\/ashley-spinks\/","title":{"rendered":"Ashley Spinks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2022\/05\/ashley-spinks.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-52429 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2022\/05\/ashley-spinks.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2022\/05\/ashley-spinks-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2022\/05\/ashley-spinks-300x300.jpeg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 400px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 400\/400;\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Architect at Little, Charlotte, NC<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Education:<\/strong><br>Bachelor of Art in Photography, UNC Charlotte (1998)<br>Master of Architecture, UNC Charlotte&nbsp;(2008)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIn the summer of 2005, I entered the School of Architecture at UNC Charlotte as a 1st-year student,\u201d says Ashley.&nbsp;&#8220;But in so very many ways, I did not fit the typical mold of a 1st year.&nbsp;First of all, I was a single mom with an 18-month-old child. Next, I had already graduated from this very university seven&nbsp;years prior with a degree in a completely different field that I had been working in professionally in sunny California&nbsp; \u2013 photography. But none of those differences deterred me from the feeling that I belonged to be in the world of design.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;My drive and determination were important as they had to sustain me through the first 3-week session that summer. I found myself challenged by the new language and references that the world of architecture loves to sling around. And, I found it difficult to ingrain myself in the late night and in-studio culture due to the aforementioned toddler. Nevertheless, I persevered. I found I was still able to learn much from my classmates. Lessons that carried me through this different degree and into the professional world,\u201d she says.&nbsp;<strong>See a photo from her SoA graduation in 2008 below!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"604\" height=\"453\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2022\/05\/2_2008.aspinks_SoA-memory2008graduation.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-58205 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2022\/05\/2_2008.aspinks_SoA-memory2008graduation.jpg 604w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2022\/05\/2_2008.aspinks_SoA-memory2008graduation-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2022\/05\/2_2008.aspinks_SoA-memory2008graduation-300x225.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 604px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 604\/453;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Anqiu Cultural Campus<\/strong><br>Date Completed: 2014 | Credit: Little \u2013 Tom\u00e1s Jim\u00e9nez-Eli\u00e6son, Ashley Spinks<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"386\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2022\/05\/2013.KMoore_3.EHighland.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-58207 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2022\/05\/2013.KMoore_3.EHighland.png 1000w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2022\/05\/2013.KMoore_3.EHighland-600x232.png 600w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2022\/05\/2013.KMoore_3.EHighland-768x296.png 768w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2022\/05\/2013.KMoore_3.EHighland-300x116.png 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1000px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1000\/386;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Embedded in the middle of a humble, yet highly fertile agricultural region, the new Anqiu Cultural Campus and Wellness Center in China\u2019s Shandong Province will serve its citizens with an unprecedented collection of civic offerings that include a performing arts center, cultural museum, citizen\u2019s center, library, planning bureau and museum, athletics center, athletics school, and a stadium and retail center. Known as the \u201cland of cultivation, stone hills and creeks\u201d, the concept of the project is inspired by these 3 strong geographical characteristics that have created the singular and highly graphic landscape so strongly identified with Anqiu\u2019s culture and citizens<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Qindao Archives Museum<\/strong><br>Date Completed: 2016 | Credit: Little \u2013 Ashley Spinks, Tom\u00e1s Jim\u00e9nez-Eli\u00e6son, Adie Hailat<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"386\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2022\/05\/AtlantisCharterSchool-KeihlyM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-58209 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2022\/05\/AtlantisCharterSchool-KeihlyM.png 1000w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2022\/05\/AtlantisCharterSchool-KeihlyM-600x232.png 600w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2022\/05\/AtlantisCharterSchool-KeihlyM-768x296.png 768w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2022\/05\/AtlantisCharterSchool-KeihlyM-300x116.png 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1000px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1000\/386;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The driver for this project is based on the concept of Convergence. Through our analysis of the nature, history, economy, and cultural context of Qingdao we observed Qingdao\u2019s spirit: A city of convergence. Of mountains and ocean, of Eastern and Western culture, rich in history and promising in future, of birthplace of Taoism and hotbed of Industry, Qingdao has found ways to unite differences in harmony. The idea of convergence is expressed in the design by uniting two distinct masses into a harmonized whole. The green tower represents the Industry and Commerce Archives &amp; Museum for the City of Qingdao (Green Island), while the yellow tower represents the District Museum and Archives for the District of Huangdao (Yellow Island). Each of the masses, represented as rock outcroppings, or karsts, descend and unite into the middle section of the building, representing the convergence of the architecture and also symbolizing the bay of Qingdao, a place where rivers and oceans unite, where China\u2019s industry and commerce connects with the world, and where traditional and modern thinking get blended in congruence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Fog Catcher<\/strong><br>Date Completed: 2016 | Credit: Little \u2013 Thomas Carlson-Reddig, Adam Caruthers, Tom\u00e1s Jim\u00e9nez-Eli\u00e6son, Alex Lowrie, Ashley Spinks, Gabrielle Steffel<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"392\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2022\/05\/1c_2008.aspinks_images_FogCatcher_Page_2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-58211 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2022\/05\/1c_2008.aspinks_images_FogCatcher_Page_2.png 1000w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2022\/05\/1c_2008.aspinks_images_FogCatcher_Page_2-600x235.png 600w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2022\/05\/1c_2008.aspinks_images_FogCatcher_Page_2-768x301.png 768w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2022\/05\/1c_2008.aspinks_images_FogCatcher_Page_2-300x118.png 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1000px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1000\/392;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">FOGCATCHER embraces the specifc microclimate of Western San Francisco to generate a design that provides net-positive energy. This is accomplished by with a tight, well insulated building envelope and incorporating a \u2018fipped\u2019 tiny living housing concept. With smaller internal sleeping quarters, addressing student demand for privacy, and general communal living spaces located on the perimeter. This allows for more natural daylight, promoting a healthier residential experience. The \u2018fipped\u2019 housing concept allows the use of both passive strategies and an energy recovery ventilator at the student housing units, these sustainable strategies allow the units to forgo a conventional mechanical system for heating and cooling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Entangled Bank (Re: Vision Dallas Competition)<\/strong><br>Date Completed: 2008 | Credit: Little \u2013 Brad Bartholomew, Christopher Hoyt, Eddie Portis, Ashley Spinks<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"668\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2022\/05\/ScreenShot2022-02-21at10.46.42PM-1000x668.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-58213 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2022\/05\/ScreenShot2022-02-21at10.46.42PM-1000x668.png 1000w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2022\/05\/ScreenShot2022-02-21at10.46.42PM-600x401.png 600w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2022\/05\/ScreenShot2022-02-21at10.46.42PM-768x513.png 768w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2022\/05\/ScreenShot2022-02-21at10.46.42PM-1400x935.png 1400w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2022\/05\/ScreenShot2022-02-21at10.46.42PM-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2022\/05\/ScreenShot2022-02-21at10.46.42PM.png 1492w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1000px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1000\/668;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Darwin\u2019s \u201cEntangled Bank\u201d is a complex, yet simple, network of elements. Each piece whether it is the bird, the plant, the worm, or the soil contributes to the growth and ultimate survival of each. They are very different from one another but each is dependent on the other. For without them the bank would unravel and fail. Within the network still a very personal cycle of life that persists that starts with conception, continues with growth and ultimately flourishes &#8230; or sometimes fails, but the bank itself is meant to sustain and offer every opportunity for its constituents to succeed. The same notion can be related to the natural environment, as well as the social landscape of Dallas and also our site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>MACS Fine Arts Center, Charlotte Catholic High School<\/strong><br>Credit: Little \u2013 Tom Balke, Tom\u00e1s Jim\u00e9nez-Eli\u00e6son, Carrie Estock, Ashley Spinks, William Stewart, Chris Tymoff<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"591\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2022\/05\/ScreenShot2022-02-21at10.50.13PM-1000x591.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-58215 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2022\/05\/ScreenShot2022-02-21at10.50.13PM-1000x591.png 1000w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2022\/05\/ScreenShot2022-02-21at10.50.13PM-600x355.png 600w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2022\/05\/ScreenShot2022-02-21at10.50.13PM-768x454.png 768w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2022\/05\/ScreenShot2022-02-21at10.50.13PM-1536x908.png 1536w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2022\/05\/ScreenShot2022-02-21at10.50.13PM-1400x828.png 1400w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2022\/05\/ScreenShot2022-02-21at10.50.13PM-300x177.png 300w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2022\/05\/ScreenShot2022-02-21at10.50.13PM.png 1698w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1000px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1000\/591;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Charlotte Catholic MACS Fine Arts Center is approximately 47,800 sf of new building across two floors. The project includes a 600 seat theater with stage and fly tower, instrumental music room, choral music room, small ensemble room, dance studio, 2D &amp; 3d art studios, black box theater, lobby, concessions, restrooms and many other building support spaces. Orientation was the biggest challenge and provided an opportunity to investigate and utilize several passive shading strategies for the public zone (lobby\/pre- function area). The strategies will help mitigate heat gain in the summer months but allow the sun to help warm surfaces in the winter months, reducing mechanical heating demand. Exterior fins and building overhangs shades will help reduce glare on the interior spaces. Renovations of 7800 sf in the existing gym building are also a component of this project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>National Museum of Korean Literature Competition<\/strong><br>Credit: Little \u2013 Tom\u00e1s Jim\u00e9nez-Eli\u00e6son, Alireza Fatemi, Pedro Pinera, Ashley Spinks<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"771\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2022\/05\/ScreenShot2022-02-21at10.51.37PM-1000x771.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-58217 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2022\/05\/ScreenShot2022-02-21at10.51.37PM-1000x771.png 1000w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2022\/05\/ScreenShot2022-02-21at10.51.37PM-600x463.png 600w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2022\/05\/ScreenShot2022-02-21at10.51.37PM-768x592.png 768w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2022\/05\/ScreenShot2022-02-21at10.51.37PM-300x231.png 300w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2022\/05\/ScreenShot2022-02-21at10.51.37PM.png 1294w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1000px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1000\/771;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new National Museum of Korean Literature symbolizes the universal balance between ground and sky, reality and imagination, heaviness and lightness, fears and hopes, sadness and happiness, war and peace, evil and good, humans and nature, self and community, world and country, tradition and progress, spiritual and pragmatic, political and social: ALL themes that come to live through centuries of Korean Literature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Davidson County Community College, Health Sciences Building<\/strong><br>Date Completed: 2019 | Credit: Little \u2013 Tom\u00e1s Jim\u00e9nez-Eli\u00e6son, Bronald Johnson, Shannon Rydell, Ashley Spinks<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"774\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2022\/05\/ScreenShot2022-02-21at10.55.36PM-1000x774.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-58219 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2022\/05\/ScreenShot2022-02-21at10.55.36PM-1000x774.png 1000w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2022\/05\/ScreenShot2022-02-21at10.55.36PM-600x465.png 600w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2022\/05\/ScreenShot2022-02-21at10.55.36PM-768x595.png 768w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2022\/05\/ScreenShot2022-02-21at10.55.36PM-1400x1084.png 1400w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2022\/05\/ScreenShot2022-02-21at10.55.36PM-300x232.png 300w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2022\/05\/ScreenShot2022-02-21at10.55.36PM.png 1426w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1000px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1000\/774;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new Health Sciences Building at Davidson County Community College\u2019s campus was designed to meet a dual vision: provide a wellness experience for healthcare students and teachers; and create a culture of interdisciplinarity. 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