Approved for 1.5 LU/HSW

Founded in 1814, The Emma Willard School in Troy, New York is a national leader in education for young women. Its landmark campus balances Jacobean Revival and contemporary architecture within a historic landscape designed in part by the Olmsted Brothers. Annum’s Alice Dodge Wallace ’38 Center for the Performing Arts transforms the historic chapel (originally built as a gymnasium), giving it a third life as a 495 seat theater and community gathering space, and connecting it to a new below-grade wing with orchestra, theater and dance spaces, as well as a habitable green roof.

Join us for a complimentary tour of this facility during which we will discuss:

•Annum’s design process, and the balance of architectural heritage with contemporary design

•Designing for the performing arts: planning, technology and acoustics

•Landscape design on a historic campus, and its influence on the arts wing roof

•Structural challenges and solutions in the adaptive reuse of the historic chapel

•Preservation methodologies and techniques for the historic chapel exterior

•Challenges and solutions for sustainability in MEPFP systems upgrade

•Designing for accessibility within a heritage structure