High Performing Buildings - Summer 2013 - (Page 30)

C a s e s t u D y New Again, B y B r y n a C o s g r i f f D u n n , a s s o C i at e a i a Virginia Commonwealth university maylone Photography Top Serving as the southern anchor to an active pedestrian thoroughfare on Virginia Commonwealth University’s Monroe Park Campus, the Cary Street Gym is a popular destination for students, staff, and faculty. Above The pools in the natatorium allow for a variety of activities, including swimming laps, using the water slide or climbing the wall. 30 HigH Performing Buildings The structure that houses Virginia Commonwealth University’s (VCU’s) Cary Street Gym could be a poster child for the concept of adaptive reuse. The brick walls originally housed an open-air market that opened in 1891. Over the next 90 years, the building was used in a variety of ways, including as storage space for postal trucks, before VCU transformed it into a student gymnasium in 1979. Choosing to again renovate and then expand the existing gym in 2009 allowed the university to maintain the gym’s central location, preserve the historic structure and conserve resources by using the existing shell. summer 2013

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of High Performing Buildings - Summer 2013

High Performing Buildings - Summer 2013
Contents
Clemson University’s Lee III
Biological and Computational Sciences Facility
VCU Cary Street Gym
College of the Atlantic Student Village Housing
Rice Fergus Miller Office and Studio
Technology

High Performing Buildings - Summer 2013