LGBT Resource Center Outside South View











LGBT Resource Center Outside East View











LGBT Resource Center Library












LGBT Resource Center Family Room View 1











LGBT Resource Center Family Room View 2











LGBT Resource Center Family Room View 3











LGBT Resource Center Heritage Room











LGBT Resource Center Conference Room View 1











LGBT Resource Center Conference Room View 2











LGBT Resource Center Conference Room View 3












The new LGBT Resource Center at UCSD is located between Mandeville Center and the Original Student center, right near the Art of Espresso Coffee Cart (run by our favorites, Patty and Sam). See the photo's and map of location below.


More than doubling the size of the previous space, the new LGBT Resource Center has public and private space, a large conference room, small group meeting room, common kitchen, gender neutral restroom and three offices. The new space has a combined common room and library, integrating the social and academic aspects of our space. The new space also functions as the David Bohnett Wireless CyberCenter at UCSD. Through the graciousness of the David Bohnett Foundation, the Center is home to 10 laptop computers, which can be checked out and utilized throughout the space by anyone in the community. Along with the laptops computers there is a dedicated printer and scanner for the community to access.

The LGBT Resource Center had a remarkable history at UCSD before opening its physical space. Beginning as a small, two room operation in November of 1999, with only 300 square feet, the Center has since experienced dramatic growth. Housed in temporary space of 960 square feet at University Center 312 since February 2002, the Center is in the final stages of transitioning to a permanent home, which will be approximately 2,300 square feet.


In the Spring of 2002 a Building Advisory Committee was established to determine the new location for a number of facilities at UCSD, including the new Women's Center, the new LGBT Resource center, and a new Student Lounge and Restaurant. The committee included a number of faculty, staff and students who were charged with responsibility for making the decisions around the news pace.

The new site was chosen in the fall of 2002. Soon afterwards, architects were selected. The small, local firm PUBLIC was selected, and the founding architects, James Brown and Jim Gates worked closely with our community to design a space that really met the needs of those who utilized the space. Jim visited both an LGBTQIA meeting and QPOC meeting to get a sense of how groups utilized our current space.

In coordination with our architects, the outside of the new LGBT Resource Center will have numerous very large screens which cover the floor-to-ceiling windows in our new space. The screens are moveable on sliders, so they can allow sunlight in, or block sunlight as desired. The screens on the east side of the building are reflections of the eucalyptus grove, with large letters "LG" "BT" and "RC" in orange.
 
 
The screens on the north side are grasping hands in muted, pastel rainbow colors.


The screens on the south side, which front the entrance of the building, are matching, and have an artistic rendering of a graffiti art piece portraying Wonder Woman. The art was originally found in the Visual Arts area of Mandeville Center.











The design and layout of our new space can be seen below.