CREW: Center for Research + Education at Wormsloe
The NEW Center
for Research and Education at Wormsloe (CREW)
CREW
is administered through the College of Environment and Design at the UGA Athens campus and in affiliation with the Wormsloe Foundation
Administered through the College of Environment and Design at the UGA Athens campus and in affiliation with the Wormsloe Foundation, the Center for Research and Education at Wormsloe (CREW) supports interdisciplinary research conducted by multiple colleges at UGA and other units from across the entire University System of Georgia and engages a range of activities integrating research findings with education, outreach, and stewardship. The Wormsloe Foundation is proposing a new Center for Education and Research to be built on the University of Georgia’s 15.5acre campus at the historic Wormsloe site on the coast of Georgia. This facility will be the nexus of experiential learning and research concerning coastal issues. The proposed building will provide a specific place within the UGA system where students and faculty can work across traditional disciplinary boundaries to create new trans-disciplinary solutions for some of the “wicked” problems of our age, including environmental and societal challenges brought on by climate change and shifting demographics in the human population.
CREW VISION Wormsloe is a model ecosystem for research supporting the broad fields of environmental history and fosters a community of scholars that promotes collaboration and the integration of knowledge. CREW MISSION The mission of CREW is to enhance research and educational opportunities for college students and faculty, provide access to and support for research onsite and maintain a platform for accumulation, integration, and dissemination of multi-disciplinary knowledge.
PROPOSED MULTI-PURPOSE FACILITY
The proposed center includes a classroom, a small conference center auditorium, a laboratory, a kitchen, and dining facility.
disciplines, such as landscape architecture, environmental planning and design, historic preservation, environmental engineering, geospatial analysis, geographical mapmaking, assessment of historical documents, and fine arts require adequate, shared work space. Site Plan Concept #1
Site Plan Concepts Board 5
varying interpretations of data, and intellectual exploration that will deepen our understanding of the world. In addition to expanding ongoing classes on site, the multi-purpose conference room will provide the option for small symposia and forums of up to 85 participants. Site Plan Concept #1
Site Plan Concepts Board 5
Second Floor Area: 1,618 SF
Second Floor Plan
Scale: 1/8” = 1’-0”
First Floor Area: 2,333 SF Total Building Area: 3,951 SF
Scale: 1/8” = 1’-0”
MUDROOM
DN
REST ROOM UP
REST ROOM
MULTI-USE LABORATORY
MECH.
OFFICE PORCH OFFICE SUITE
OPEN TO BELOW
OUTDOOR CLASSROOM
First Floor Plan
Wormsloe Institute for Environmental History
for Environmental History
Research Cabins, Research Center, & Auxilary Structures
Research Cabins, Research Center, & Auxilary Structures
Scale: 1/8” = 1’-0”
A shared lab space is necessary for the interdisciplinary involvement of researchers and students. A single, common workroom is the most cost effective solution and will enhance the ongoing synergy among disciplines.
Research Cabins, Research Center, & Auxilary Structures
Wormsloe Institute
Second Floor Area: 1,618 SF
Second Floor Plan
North | 1/16” = 1’-0”
Scale: 1/8” = 1’-0”
RESEARCH CABIN
First Floor Plan
VIEW FROM FUTURE RESEARCH CABINS (FACING SOUTHWEST)
RESEARCH CABIN
North | 1/16” = 1’-0”
Research serves little purpose if its findings are not shared. This allows for debate, for Environmental History
First Floor Area: 2,333 SF Total Building Area: 3,951 SF
KITCHEN/ SERVICE
The classroom will be a venue for students to share individual findings as well as space to work in teams. Many
Wormsloe Institute
RESEARCH CABIN
REST ROOM
MECH.
MULTI-USE LABORATORY
REST ROOM
MUDROOM
KITCHEN
HISTORIC SLAVE CABIN
DN
REST ROOM
OUTDOOR CLASSROOM
UP
RESEARCH CABIN
CLASSROOM
OFFICE PORCH
EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER_
OFFICE SUITE
REST ROOM
CLASSROOM
OUTDOOR CLASSROOM REST ROOM
REST ROOM
KITCHEN/ SERVICE
FUTURE RESEARCH CABINS (2)
HISTORIC SLAVE CABIN
OUTDOOR CLASSROOM
EVENTS PORCH
EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER_
EVENTS PORCH
OPEN TO BELOW CLASSROOM
CLASSROOM
SHARED LABORATORY:
EXISTING DRIVE
FUTURE RESEARCH CABINS (2)
EVENTS PORCH
Siting & floor Plans | Educational Research Center
EVENTS PORCH EXISTING DRIVE
The Wor m sloe Foundation
KITCHEN
Char acter perspective | Educational Research Center
PROPOSED AUDITORIUM:
The Wor m sloe Foundation
The Wor m sloe Foundation
Siting & floor Plans | Educational Research Center
PROPOSED CLASSROOM:
A NOTE FROM CRAIG BARROW, III
When my wife Diana and I moved to Wormsloe in the winter of 1986, we quickly realized that this was not going to be your typical home. As the ninth generation and a direct descendant of the founding settler, Noble Jones, my family and I inherited a huge responsibility of stewardship for this 1200-acre plantation. The crux of this stewardship is to ensure that Wormsloe will be preserved for future generations and to share this natural and cultural resource with the citizens of Georgia and other visitors to the Savannah region. In 2010 The trustees of the Wormsloe Foundation, Inc. elected Sarah Ross as president and subsequently created The Wormsloe Institute of Environmental History. We began discussions with the University of
Georgia about the possibility of creating a campus that could host students and scholars. In December 2012 a memorandum of understanding between the Wormsloe Foundation, Inc. and the University of Georgia was signed and the Wormsloe Foundation deeded 15.5 acres to the University with full support of the Board of Regents. The University of Georgia’s Center for Research and Education at Wormsloe was launched. We believe that now there is a unique and powerful partnership among the Craig Barrow family, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, The Wormsloe Foundation and Institute, and the University of Georgia. We are confident this partnership will ensure the protection of this significant historic site and that it will continue to evolve as an exceptional asset for the citizens of our great state.
OUR GOAL IS $1.5 MILLION
Please support the next generation of inspired learning at Wormsloe by donating to the Center for Research and Education at Wormsloe:
DONATIONS MAY BE SENT TO: The Wormsloe Foundation, Inc. 22 W. Bryant St. P.O. Box 300 Savannah, Ga. 31401-2604