Johns Hopkins University unveiled preliminary designs this week for a large student center that’s expected to open on its Homewood campus by the fall of 2024.

The building will replace Mattin Center, a three-building arts complex that opened in 2001, and will serve as a new kind of gathering spot for the university, which does not have a traditional student union the way many campuses do.

With glass walls opening onto Charles Street and a form that steps down the hill from the Milton S Eisenhower Library to Charles Street, it’s designed to help strengthen connections between the Homewood campus and the Charles Village neighborhood to the east.

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