Part of the 2012 Architecture Tour Series Supported by AIA Atlanta
Georgia Tech - Free Architectural Tours of two Projects - GA Tech Hinman Research Building Rehabilitation (Completed Project) & McCamish Pavilion Court (Under Construction)
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GA Tech Hinman Research Building Rehabilitation
Location: 245 4th St. NW; Atlanta, GA., 30332 (1st tour- Hinman)
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Time: 1:30 – 3:30pm
About the GA Tech Hinman Research Building Rehabilitation & McCamish Pavilion
Lord, Aeck & Sargent / Office dA team rehabilitated and adapted the Hinman Research building for the Georgia Tech College of Architecture. The 33,250 SF building includes an additional 1,250 SF of floor space in the high research bay. The rehabilitated building is devoted to graduate architecture and industrial design education and related research programs. Provisions were made for design studios, computer labs, jury and pinup areas as well as informal and formal public spaces.
About Lord, Aeck & Sargent
Lord, Aeck & Sargent is a full-service, award-winning architectural firm with over 3,000 projects completed. With offices in Atlanta, Georgia, Ann Arbor, Michigan, and Chapel Hill, North Carolina, our firm has five studios: Architecture for Arts & Culture, Architecture for Education, Architecture for Historic Preservation, Architecture for Science, and Architecture for Housing & Mixed-Use.
We share a common mission of providing responsive design, technological expertise and exceptional service in order to provide our clients with the best possible facilities that will serve them well into the future.
Our portfolio includes museums, arts centers, government buildings, laboratories, corporate headquarters, education facilities and conference facilities. Our services range from master planning and programming to design, construction administration and facility management support. To learn more about Lord, Aeck & Sargent, visit their website at www.lordaecksargent.com
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Henry F. McCamish Jr. Arena
About the Henry F. McCamish Jr. Arena
(Note: This is an Under Construction Tour. Closed toe shoes and hard hats required)
Time: 3:30 – 5:00pm
Address: 965 Fowler Street NW, Atlanta, GA 30332 (2nd tour-McCamish)
The AMC Replacement Facility project is a major renovation of the existing 9,000 seat Alexander Memorial Coliseum (GT Basketball Complex) to be renamed the Henry F. McCamish Jr. Arena. The renovated facility will provide for a state-of-the-art collegiate basketball playing and viewing venue. The renovation will consist of a 30,000 SF concourse expansion with upgraded concessions, bathrooms, a team apparel store, and other amenities. The seating bowl will be entirely reconfigured to provide better site-lines, wider seats, more leg room, code compliant aisles, risers, and treads (which are currently not code compliant), as well as an additional 10,000 SF of new space under the seating bowl. This space will be used as team meeting rooms and bathrooms for both GT and the visiting team, officials locker rooms, and house some much needed storage for GT’s basketball operations. An upper deck of seats (approx 2,000 seats) will be added as well. The new bowl will also include a state of the art center hung scoreboard, a 360 degree LED ribbon board around the perimeter of the upper deck, and a new sound system. The result of the new seating bowl will be a shorter distance from the fan’s “nose to center court”, and upgraded A/V components will lead to a much enhanced fan experience. The facility does not currently have a “main entrance”. Fans currently utilize 3 separate entrances. The new design incorporates a main “Grand Entrance” for fans to enter the building which will create a sense of pageantry and excitement as well as serve as a better means of access control to the facility and ticket collection for Georgia Tech
The facility’s MEP systems will be completely replaced with new highly efficient systems. The design and construction goal for the facility is to achieve LEED Gold.
The construction schedule is 18 months. Work began in May of 2011 and is scheduled to complete in October 2012, in time for the 2012-2013 collegiate basketball season.
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