Renewing MU's Valuable Building Resources Expansion
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Mu lti-faceted construction projects provide new campu s space Residentia l Life Master Pla n refurbishes facil ities for the future University of Missouri s t eaching, res e a r c h and Th e first phase U's Residential Life Master Plan, approved a dminist rat ive s p ace-ne eds of the Student in 2001 b y th e university's Board of A increase on campus, solutions Center expansion/ M Curators to replace and/or renovate 19 have become multi-faceted. Construction Brady Commons residence halls over 17 years, remains on track. renovation project Three new residence hall complexes, w ith a total now includes full and partial demolition, built a 102,550 GSF r en ovation, res tora tion and new add ition to the east of eight new halls, are now operational: Virginia construction. of Brady Commons. Avenue Housing, Sou thw est Campus H ousing Renovation/additions renew space Subsequent phases and College Avenue H ousing. The Mid-Campus will renovate the Housing complex, comprising three halls, will Three recent examples include the older building and open thls fall. Schweitzer H all addition and renovation, connect it to the H atch, McDavid and Schurz halls have been the Reynolds Journalism Institute (RJI), new addition. When and the Student Center / Brady Commons completed, the renovated and are operational. Renovation w ill Renewing MU's valuable building resources expansion. The design for each project com plex will serve as soon begin on Hudson and Gillett, and design is included renovation of existing space and a dynamic gathering under way for renovation of Mark Twain Hall. he University of Missouri campus addition of new space to meet current and place for MU students. The Mid-Campus Housing complex is unique contains over 6 million gross square projected needs. among new residential hall construction as it T feet (GSF) of building space classified as Educational & General (E&G) housing Th e Sch weitzer Hall addition a nd Completed in 2007/ the Schweitzer incorporates Defoe and Graham halls in adaptive reuse construction. The two buildings are being The Mid-Campus Housing project replaced two obsolete residence ha lls with teaching, research and administrative renovation included renovating existing Ha ll addition/ renovation project support. Nearly 70 percent of this space is added new space on the south side co-joined by a newly constructed link w herein three new structures, renovated Graham and Defoe halls and bui lt a new space to create new biochemistry research connection between the two older residence ha lls. over 30 years old and over 40 percent exceeds labs and constructing a connecting bridge of the existing building, constructed both w ill function and feel like a single hall in a bridge over a major walkway to 50 years. These older structures constitute or link to Schlundt Annex to physically the new complex. Baker-Park and Gardner-Hyde Schlundt Annex and renovated halls were razed in 2007 to make room for the Mid-Campus project. a resource that, in future years/ will prove join and con solidate the bioch emistry existing space. Exterior materials exceptionally valuable to MU. That value department. used for the new construction blend Refurbishing these aged facilities ensures the financial viability of MU/s residential life system, keeps MU competitive can be realized by a partnership of campus The RJI project involved the construction with the facade of the original with peer institutions and prom otes the continued success of //Res Life's" unique Living-Learning programs. interests dedicated to achieving the most of a new buildin g w ithin the preserved building, constructed in 191 2. The effective use of existing facilities to further structure of the historic Sociology Building project helped consolidate campus MU/s academic mission. biochemistry efforts on the east side and the addition of a link connecting this of the White Campus. Lafferre Hall project renews historic campus building complex New E&G space represents 25 percent of the building to the renovated, historic Walter total building area added to the campus since Williams Hall. 1980. Student activity functions, residential, The Student Center / Brad y Comm ons athletic, medical, research and parking exp ansion project required a p h ased facilities constitute most of the building area The Donald W. Reyno lds Journali sm In stitute project renovated two historic buildings- the implementation to allow the bookstore Infrastructure renovation integral to future growth growth during this period. Like other U.S. Sociology Building and Wa lter Will iams Hall- and built a connecting addition to house modern med ia technology. and the Center for Student Involvement to flagship universities/ MU's expansion was relocate prior to demolishing a p ortion of hile many older but functional The existing stea m tunnel was a response to a host of demands for services and support activities to maintain its mission the existing complex, and then renovating teac hin g a nd rese a r c h built in the early 1920s and has since • further MU/s strong stewardship of and comply with changing standards and space can be adapted and reprogrammed for and building new space. W structures require renovation d eteriorated significantly. While campus facilities new uses. Departments with space scattered to meet changing campus needs, MU/s campus steam n eeds h ave grown mandates. Blending the new with the old • advance the state's economic health across the campus can be consolidated in u tility infrastruct u re also require s dramatically, the once-adequate Challenging economic climate renovated buildings and some renovated A ll campus projects a re carefully renovation to m a intain dependable tunnel piping i s now severel y Renovations preserve resources evaluated to ensure compatibility w ith In the current economic climate, new facilities can be expanded with additions service. undersized. When complete, the new Thirty-four campus buildings have been rather than building wholly new structures. adjacen t b uildin gs and the cam pus tunnel w ill provide increased steam facilities construction has slowed and will In place for d ecades in many areas remain so for the indefinite future. A scarcity identified as priority candidates for renovation. Recent examples of this include Townsend/ environm ent. The RJI and Schweitzer system capacity and reliability. projects, for example, were designed using of cam pus, steam, electric, w ater, and of public and private funds for capital While age and obsolescence make them prime Schweitzer and Lafferre halls, and the the architectural vocabulary of adjacent sewer systems making up MU/s utility Piping in the tunnel carries steam development affects U.S. institutions of choices for renovation, their resource value to Reynolds Journalism Institute. neighbors; the Student Center p roject infrastructure are continually evaluated tha t provides h e at for campus higher education. MU is paramount: These buildings occupy Where renovation candidates no longer for needed improvements. Planning buildings and drives large chillers key locations in the historic fabric of MU; assembled a palette of materials, colors The $24.3-million "Lafferre Hall-Reconstruct 1922 Addition" project replaces 25,000 gross square feet (GSF) of substandard space with The new-construction slowdown presents a utilize prime sites to greatest effect, those and renovation to m aintain operating to cool them. Steam is also critical many are irreplaceable icons essential to the and textures common to the surroun ding 60,000 GSF of new construction in a fou r-story building.Th e project is the first of a multipha se, $1 50 mi llion College of Engi neering challenging opportunity for MU' s academic sites can be redeveloped for new uses. efficiency and reliability are ongoing. for medical and animal research: campus' unique character; many are among n eighborhood and incorpor ated them Master Pla n to renovate and im prove general circulation, accessibility, way-finding, classroom and research space. Phases VI and VII of mission leaders and facilities managers to Combinations of these measures will in a con temporary manner to establish Steam tunnel upgrade equipment sterilization, cleaning of t he plan are for the renovation of Engineering Building West across Sixth Street from the Lafferre Ha ll complex, and the construction of the university's most heavily used academic represent a high level of campus stewardship animal cages, instruments, utensils, a five-story buildi ng containing 124,620 GSF of teaching and laboratory research space for the entire college. collaborate in giving new purpose to these buildings; and/ comprising two million square this facility as a distinct student-oriented older resources with the following shared and sustainability. destination . One of the most visible renov ation etc., and other campus operations. feet, the buildings represent one-third of MU/s projects on campus involves the main goals in mind: total inventory of E&G space. Through a rigorous determination of S tewards hip a n d s u sta inability steam tunnel exiting the MU power plant Future utility renovations • alleviate the need for new buildings/ MU's mission and needs, administrative incorporating 1) recycling and repurposing on Stewart Road . A major project being C ampus Facilities - E n e r gy A comprehensive renovation strategy is and academic leadership will ultimately PLANNING PRINCIPLES other than those required to meet critical critically important in remedying deferred where appropriate, 2) designing for future built in phases, the tunnel proceeds east Managem ent is planning other mission priorities determine which uses and programs will flexibility and 3) the u se of innovative to Sixth Street, then south to Conley maintenance, new code requirements/ and occupy renovated E&G buildings.