Not a Library: Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center at University of Nevada, Reno
 The new 295ksf building was conceived as a knowledge facility for the 21st century and is seen as "the beginning manifestation to substantial curricular change on campus, and a likely sea change in learning, I believe, in general." The former library had more than 1M books. The new facility has room for 3M, but is never expected to use the space for that purpose. UNR has several SCUP members, including director of facilities planning and analysis, Gary Bishop, facilities analyst Jed Hammer, executive vice provost Marc Johnson, interim associate vice president Stephen Mischissin, assistant vice president for planning, budget and analysis Bruce Shively, and vice president for administration and finance Ronald Zurek. We have several useful links for you: - This article by Denise Harrison is in Campus Technology magazine.
- This link will take you to the MIKC's own, under construction, home page.
- From this link you can access a case statement for the MIKC, time-lapse photography of the project, and construction milestones and facts.
- The Facilities Services Department at UNR shows three large projects currently under construction and has links to several sets of guidelines: project development process, sustainability, and design and construction standards.
Regional SCUP Events! Enjoy the F2F company of your colleagues and peers at one of three SCUP regional conferences this spring: Labels: architecture, construction, facilities planning, information technology, libraries, P-A, University of Nevada-Reno
Mills College Heritage Landscape Planning
SCUP's Campus Heritage Network is an ongoing research project funded by the Getty Grant Foundation. SCUP is working to derive lessons learned from 85 campus heritage-related planning projects funded by Getty from 2002–2007. SCUP staffer Claire Turcotte, administrator of the project and also a member of the research team has produced a summary of the landscape heritage report filed with Getty by Mills College. You can find that summary here, as well as a PDF of the complete report and a link to Mills College heritage buildings in the Council of Independent Colleges' (CIC) online database from its Historic Campus Architecture Project. If you are at all interested in campus heritage preservation, you should join the Campus Heritage Network to stay connected to others with the same interest. Since 1868, Mills College founders, and those who followed, shaped the campus with Picturesque-era exotic and native plantings and distinguished architecture. In 2006, Mills College sought guidance on how to best preserve, enhance, and further develop this unique campus setting. Funded by the Getty Foundation and Mills College, this landscape heritage study distills the values of the college founders and how these were expressed by nationally recognized landscape architects and architects over 140 years. The project singles out iconic resources and recommends how to balance future development with historic preservation. The project included historical research, analysis, and planning, and it culminated in design solutions for two key campus precincts to address current and future needs. The study demonstrates that the use of historic resources is integral to sustainable planning and design. The public lecture series, integration of the study into college courses, and publication of a book increased awareness and excitement about this study’s findings and recommendations. The result is a campus environment that expresses the unique identity of the institution.
Regional SCUP Events! Enjoy the F2F company of your colleagues and peers at one of three SCUP regional conferences this spring: Labels: campus heritage, campus heritage preservation, landscape architecture, Mills College, open space, P-A
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