Eero Saarinen's Penn Dorms Reopen

摘要

In August, the first batch of University of Pennsylvania students moved into the spiffed-up Eero Saarinen-designed Hill College House, a 195,000-square-foot women's residence hall built in 1960. (The dorm has since gone co-ed.) Entered via a bridge over a "moat" on the west side, the five-story brick structure contains an expansive atrium with a dining hall below, Princeton, N. J.-based Mills + Schnoering Architects led the $80 million renovation, which included replacing the M/E/P systems and roof, installing LEDs in the atrium, upgrading the kitchen, and adding an elevator and air conditioning. Philadelphia's Olin updated Dan Kiley's landscape.