Henson Valley
Spring 2023 // First Year MArch
PROF. TRICIA STUTH
ARCHITECTURE INTEGRATIONS STUDIO // HOUSING AMERICA III
Henson Valley aims to protect and re-utilise four buildings on the campus of The University of Tennessee, Knoxville. These buildings are planned to soon be demolished to make way for a new College of Business building on the campus. This area of campus was previously known as west campus and had an atmosphere similar to that of the hill and was a main axis points for students. This experiential based history led the design team to conversations of bringing the feeling of community to other parts of the university campus emphasizing site preservation, engaging existing structure and walkways cohesively and reutilizing land resources. Henson Valley provides both graduate and undergraduate housing, a west campus dining hall, classrooms, convenience store and event space on the rooftop.
Project Partners: Emily Atwood + Hope Tippett
View of the courtyard space outside of the dining hall looking towards Greve and Henson Hall
View of the event space on the rooftop of Greve Hall looking towards downtown Knoxville. In the early years of Greve Hall there used to be formals held each semester on the rooftop!
Cut view looking at the connections between Greve Hall and Massey Hall. These spaces are for students to relax between classes, meet up with friends or work on homework.
X-ray view cutting through Dunford Hall
Third floor and main connection point on the addition of Greve Hall. This is the indoor space that connects students from Strong Hall and Cumberland Avenue towards the Library.
Lounge spaces within Greve Hall are for students to meet up with friends and work on homework before or after classes.
View of Henson Valley as though you were walking from Hodges Library towards the main Greve Hall connection point.
View from the top level, event space addition on Greve Hall looking down the grand staircase towards the main level. This is a very open and lively space filled with natural lighting.
View of the garden space outside of Dunford Hall on the third floor.
View from Henson Hall looking over the courtyard space and gardens towards Dunford Hall and Greve Hall.
