The new Hoover Traitel Building is located at a prime site on Stanford campus bordered by the Main Quad on the west, Green Library on the south, Hoover Tower to the east, and the Art Gallery Building to the north. The building is designed to respect its neighbors in scale and articulation and from the north edge of the Green Library forecourt. The building houses The Hoover Institution’s new Conference center with a 400-seat auditorium, a dining/multipurpose room for 440 and a pre-function pavilion that will greet visitors and event attendees. The pavilion and the main building also form the edges of a private courtyard that is designed to serve as the outdoor venue for conference events and also a quiet place for small events or a private conversation.
The second floor houses the offices for the administrators of the Institution on a 18,000 SF floor plate. CAW and WRA started on the project from initial programming and space planning to right size the private offices, create zones of naturally lit open office areas and incorporate a mix of various sized conference rooms, phone rooms, break-room and other support spaces.
