News
By Jason Amirhadji
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February 18, 2004
More than a century after Old Cabell Hall first closed off the south end of the Lawn, changes are coming that would reopen the landscape, albeit slowly.
Originally conceived as a "Digital Academical Village" with a residential component in the late 1990s, the South Lawn Project has since been scaled back in scope, though it would still involve major changes to the University's architectural landscape.
The project is expected to cost nearly $150 million and would include an additional 110,000 square feet of classroom space and the construction of a plaza above Jefferson Park Avenue.
In contrast to the towering edifice of New Cabell Hall, buildings on the new South Lawn will integrate with the terraced landscape, providing transitions across an approximately 30 foot drop in elevation on the site, Project Co-Chair Richard Minturn said.
"These are going to be pretty low buildings," he said.
Bridging the Lawn
When it was presented to the Board of Visitors in the fall of 2001, the South Lawn project was approved as a single design, only to be constructed once fully funded.
