Porter Gaud Cafeteria  .

Charleston County, SC

The existing cafeteria was completely renovated with new finishes and mechanical systems and opened to the west to a new addition that nearly tripled the available seating area.  The expressed steel structure and exposed mechanical systems of the expansion add height and volume to the space.   The north and south walls are almost completely glazed, the former offering views through a canopy of the Lower School drop-off area, and the latter though a porch element onto the campus green.

The drop off side of the cafeteria is established by a colonnade of cast stone capped steel and brick piers topped with a cantilevered metal canopy.