$35 million expansion and renovation totaling 100,000
square feet, doubling the museum's existing space.
The project includes a 54,000 sq. ft. addition, as well as the
complete restoration and renovation of Alumni Memorial Hall which
has been the Museum's home since its foundation in 1946.
Atwell provided the demolition plan, topographic surveys, civil
engineering including sanitary sewer design, storm water drainage
design, site planning, verification of existing available water
locations, soil erosion control plan, and an existing steam/utility
tunnel plan.
The addition houses new gallery space, state-of-the-art
collections storage, conservation and study areas, an auditorium,
classrooms and hands-on art-making facilities.