University of Louisville Health Sciences Center Building 55B Renovation

LOCATION: Louisville, Kentucky

SIZE: 30,000 SQ FT

FEATURES: The renovation includes a tiered 180-person lecture hall, a 180-person active learning classroom environment, 24 small group study rooms and distributed private huddle spaces.

CLIENT: University of Louisville

AWARDS: Cornerstone Award, Louisville Downtown Development Partnership, 2015; Cornerstone Award, Louisville Downtown Development Partnership, 2015

SUMMARY: New teaching environments were created to support the changing pedagogy focused on student-led dialogue. The renovated facility makes use of an integrated audio-visual infrastructure that allows for the seamless sharing of information from lecturer to student and from student to lecturer. Group study rooms have been configured to support the six internal mentoring colleges to foster the support of a community for the students.