This project involved the complete renovation of a residence hall originally constructed in 1956. Wayland Hall servesas a living-learning community to supportthe College of Visual and PerformingArts. Catering to the college’s disciplinesof theater, dance, music, art, and arthistory, the community offers its residentspractice rooms, classrooms, performancespace, a gallery, and a studio, enhancingthe college experience for those who call the renovated Wayland Hall home.

The upper floors were reconfiguredto provide single, double, and triplebedrooms with community bathrooms. Amultipurpose space on the ground floorfeatures impeccable acoustics, retractablestadium seating, and traces of bluestoneinterior walls. In addition, a recreationaland reception lounge, laundry room,public kitchen, large group study space,and the hall director’s apartment arelocated on the ground and first floors.

Wayland Hall is the first fully renovated LEED Platinum certified residence hall in the nation. Some of the key sustainable features of the project include a rain harvesting system; heat recovery collected from showers to pre-heat water lines; 600 ft. deep geothermal wells; wheat board on exterior bedroom walls as a rapid renewable material; window sensors that cut off heating and cooling when windows are open; and reclaimed doors used as panels throughout the building.