UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS-CHICAGO

LINCOLN HALL RENOVATION

Designed for LEED™ Silver

Chicago

The University of Illinois Chicago Campus was built in its entirety in the early 1960s. Designed by Walter Netsch, the campus is a series of concrete structures and pre-cast facades. The freeze-thaw cycles of the Midwest, though, have been detrimental to the exposed concrete structures. In addition to the exterior deterioration, Lincoln Hall is technically dated and no longer meets the needs of the current classroom environment.

The complexity of this project consists of repairing and protecting the deteriorating exterior structure with a solution intended to last for the next 50 years coupled with a plan to provide daylighting and views that were not part of the original design. Mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems also will be brought up to new classroom environmental and computer technology requirements. At the same time they will be upgraded to meet current building codes, ADA and LEED™ sustainable design criteria.

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