South Lawn Project
College of Arts & Sciences
As the College expands its faculty to increase class offerings and reduce class sizes, the South Lawn Project will address pressing space needs of the history, media studies, politics, religious studies, sociology and modern languages disciplines. Phase I, begun in 2006, consists of three buildings on Jefferson Park Avenue linked to Central Grounds by a landscaped plaza spanning the busy thoroughfare.
The Arts Grounds
The Arts Grounds, an integrated plan to make the arts central to University life, focuses on new and improved spaces for all the arts.
New facilities envisioned for the Arts Grounds include:
- Gateway to the Arts, located at the corner of Emmett Street and Ivy Road. Phase 1 of the Gateway will include the new University of Virginia Art Museum, a studio theater, a University Band support facility, a central lobby/forum (with a café and meeting space) and an arts residential college. Weiss/Manfredi, selected in April 2007, is designing the Arts Gateway.
- Ruffin Hall, a new studio art building (under construction)
- The Arts Grounds parking garage (under construction)
- The Arts Common on the north slope of Carr's Hill
- New Music Building
Renovations and additions planned or underway as part of Arts Grounds include:
- Restoration of Fayerweather Hall for the art history program (now completed)
- Renovation and expansion of Campbell Hall for the School of Architecture (under construction)
- Expansion of the Drama Building, including a 300-seat thrust theater named for Ruth Caplin
When completed, the Arts Grounds will form a vibrant new hub of intellectual and imaginative activity near the historic heart of the University.
John Paul Jones Arena
Virginia Athletics Foundation
A multi-purpose facility with 15,000 seats, John Paul Jones Arena will provide a tremendous boost to Cavalier basketball and other athletics programs. It also will enhance University life by bringing a wider array of concerts and other arts and entertainment events to the Grounds. Replacing the 8,500-seat University Hall as the home of Virginia hoops, the arena offers a greater sense of intimacy by minimizing the distance between fans and players. A parking structure for 900 cars and a large pedestrian plaza provide easy access for the public. The facility is named for John Paul Jones (Law '48), father of the arena's lead benefactor, Paul Tudor Jones II (College '76). Virtually all funding for the arena will come from private sources.
Bavaro Hall and Renovation of Ruffner Hall
Curry School of Education
Made possible in part by a $22 million lead gift by Curry Foundation Board chair Daniel Meyers in honor of former teacher Anthony Bavaro, this project will bring all of the Curry School's activities to one location. The project will support the Curry School's efforts to build on its core strengths of teacher education, education technology, human services, and addressing the needs of at-risk populations. The buildings will also further enhance its distinguished programs in higher education, counselor education, education policy, physical education, and sports medicine.
Wilsdorf Hall
School of Engineering and Applied Science
Completed in 2006, Wilsdorf Hall will uphold the Engineering School's leadership in nanoscopic materials research. Working at the scale of a nanometer, or one-billionth of a meter, researchers there will point the way to the next generation of computer memory, microelectronics, aircraft engine coatings, advanced photovoltaic systems and many other technologies. The facility is physically connected to the chemistry and materials science buildings, fostering both formal and informal collaborations across disciplines. It bears the name of Professor Emeritus Doris Kuhlmann-Wilsdorf and her late husband, Heinz Wilsdorf, the first chair of materials science at U.Va.
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Information Technology Engineering Facility (ITE)
The ITE Building will bring together all of the Engineering School's major programs related to information technology, including research and instruction in such areas as high-performance computing, computer visualization, wireless communications, telemedicine, virtual reality, distributed multimedia and distance learning. It will offer multiconfigurable classrooms, computer labs and a stadium-style classroom. A library, a cyber café and additional meeting spaces for faculty, students and staff will help to build a cohesive community that embodies the ideals of the Academical Village.
Back to the Lawn (Rouss Hall)
McIntire School of Commerce
The McIntire School's "Back to the Lawn" project integrates the complete renovation of Rouss Hall with the construction of an adjoining building to provide much needed space to expand. The project will provide 15 classrooms of various sizes and styles (case study, seminar, information technology, and auditorium) as well as a computer lab. Fifteen group study rooms will be available to students 24 hours a day. Two classrooms in the Stanford White-designed Rouss Hall will be shared with the College of Arts & Sciences and used for collaborative courses and programs. Since breaking ground on the Rouss Hall Addition in April 2005, the McIntire School project has progressed rapidly. Construction is planned to be complete in late fall 2007.
University of Virginia Health System
Emily Couric Clinical Cancer Center
Named for Virginia state senator Emily Couric, the Clinical Cancer Center will be a place where patients and families find comfort, support and the best possible care in their fight against cancer. Incorporating advances in genetic diagnosis and analysis, informatics and molecular biology in individualized treatment, the Center will be organized so that all disciplines and services can be easily brought to the patient. The building will house all adult outpatient services, including infusion, surgical consultation, imaging, radiation-oncology and hematology. It also will offer complete patient and family support services to foster physical, emotional and spiritual well-being. A specialized pharmacy and clinical services laboratory will ensure the timely turnaround of lab results.
Bill and Barry Battle Building at UVA Children's Hospital
Named for Bill and Barry Battle, two long-time champions of children’s health care in Charlottesville, this facility will provide convenient, one-stop access to all U. Va. pediatric outpatient and rehabilitative services in a family-friendly environment. The building will enable the U.Va. Medical Center to consolidate and expand its services for children, and it will be physically connected to pediatric wards in the University Hospital to provide easy access for patients, families and physicians. The building will include cheerful play areas and other amenities to promote comfort and reduce anxiety in young patients.
Claude Moore Medical Education Building
This new building will meet the School of Medicine's urgent need for modern, consolidated facilities and will support technology-enhanced teaching methods that vastly improve how medical students learn. It will enable the School of Medicine to provide instruction that fosters collaboration, builds patient-care skills and teaches appropriate use of information technology in the clinic. Among the building's features is a Medical Simulation Training Center, which uses computerized patient simulators to teach complex procedures and other vital skills to students, residents and emergency medical technicians.
Claude Moore Nursing Education Building and McLeod Hall Renovation
The Claude Moore Nursing Education Building will allow the School of Nursing to expand beyond its current capacity of 400 undergraduate and 150 graduate students, thus helping address the growing national shortage of nurses. The building will support up-to-date teaching methods, including the use of an advanced simulation laboratory to help students learn procedures before they care for patients. Also included in the project are extensive renovations to McLeod Hall. The project will offer proximity to both the University Hospital, where many nurses train, and the South Lawn expansion of the College of Arts & Sciences, where many student nurses will take classes.
Carter-Harrison Research Building
Part of a growing medical research complex, this facility will be devoted to studies of vaccine therapy, immunology, infectious diseases, cancer and other areas of biomedicine. Addressing a shortage of laboratory space that has hindered the University's ability to expand its research activities, the building is named in honor of two families who have been instrumental in advancing medical science and patient care in the University Health System. Support from the Beirne B. Carter Foundation will fuel immunology studies in the building, which will house the Beirne B. Carter Center for Immunology Research. The children of the late Mary A. Harrison and David A. Harrison III (College '39, Law '41) also helped make the building possible.
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