Striking structure emerges on campus.Byline: Greg Bolt The Register-Guard When the light switches are flipped on in the new Lillis Business Complex The Lillis Business Complex (LCB) is a building on the University of Oregon campus in Eugene, Oregon. It is home to the Charles H. Lundquist College of Business, and comprises the new main building (called Lillis Hall at the University of Oregon The University of Oregon is a public university located in Eugene, Oregon. The university was founded in 1876, graduating its first class two years later. The University of Oregon is one of 60 members of the Association of American Universities. , not many lights will go on. The $40 million structure going up near the corner of 13th Avenue and Kincaid Street will be so energy efficient it won't need swarms of light fixtures, instead channeling daylight into rooms and reflecting it down onto students at their desks. And the front windows will even generate electricity. On a campus where sports arenas have scored most of the headlines recently, the Lillis project is the most visible evidence of an ongoing plan to remake the university's main street as well. A little more gradual and a bit less flashy, the construction plan has been slowed by the continuing recession but is a long way from being sidelined. Besides the Lillis complex, work is continuing on the $12 million expansion of the UO Museum of Art. Over on the east side of campus, a new $2.8 million child care center is under construction, and the $1.2 million Many Nations Longhouse longhouse Traditional communal dwelling of the Iroquois Indians until the 19th century. The longhouse was a rectangular box built out of poles, with doors at each end and saplings stretched over the top to form the roof, the whole structure being covered with bark. will break ground next week. Other projects are waiting in the wings. The UO School of Music is raising funds for a $15.2 million expansion and renovation, preliminary plans are being made for a $40 million expansion of the UO College of Education, and a recent major donation kick-started a $7 million campaign to improve the Robinson Theatre. Also, a bill in the Legislature would bring the university $10 million for a new building for nanoscience and bioscience research, and initial discussions are under way for a new student residence hall. Overall, the university has added 770,000 square feet of academic, administrative and student support building space since 1980. Athletics has added 270,000 square feet in the same period. "We're hardly sitting idly by while only athletics is improving their facilities," said Allan Price, vice president for university advancement. "There's a lot going on. It's a very healthy agenda." All the current projects rely heavily on private donations, although both the museum and music school have matching state grants. Only about $3 million of the Lillis project is public money; the rest was donated, including the $12 million lead gift from Charles and Gwen Lillis. Dramatic new entry The business complex, home of the Charles Lundquist College of Business, probably will be a new landmark on the UO campus. The striking, glassed-in atrium in the center of the building offers a dramatic new entry to campus from the historic Dad's Gate on the north with a see-through view all the way to the Knight Library Knight Library is the main facility of the University of Oregon's library system, located on the University's campus in Eugene, Oregon, United States. Its design is emblematic of the architecture of the University's older buildings, and it serves as a hub of student activity. at the other end of the Memorial Quadrangle The Memorial Quadrangle at Yale University was donated by Anna M. Harkness with Harkness Tower named in memory of her son, Charles Harkness, Yale Class of 1883. Commissioned from James Gamble Rogers to supply much-needed student housing, the Quadrangle now consists of Saybrook . But appearance is only one way the building will define the UO campus. From the very beginning, leaders in the business school were determined to make the building a standout in its use of energy, incorporating the latest technology to make it as efficient and environment-friendly as possible. Brian Hawley, an energy management engineer at the Eugene Water & Electric Board, said they succeeded. Overall, the building will be 40 percent more efficient than current codes require, codes that have been updated to raise the bar for energy savings. Besides making extensive use of daylighting For the restoration of culverted streams to above-ground channels, see . Daylighting is the practice of placing windows, or other transparent media, and reflective surfaces so that, during the day, natural light provides effective internal illumination. to reduce the need for artificial light, the building will feature flow-through ventilation and thermal mass Thermal mass, in the most general sense, is any mass that absorbs and holds heat. In the architectural sense, it is any mass that absorbs and stores heat during sunny periods when the heat is not desirable in the living space of a building, and then releases the heat during heating and cooling that greatly reduces the size and operating cost of heating and air conditioning air conditioning, mechanical process for controlling the humidity, temperature, cleanliness, and circulation of air in buildings and rooms. Indoor air is conditioned and regulated to maintain the temperature-humidity ratio that is most comfortable and healthful. units. "This is a landmark building. It's very unique," said Hawley, who helped brainstorm the energy features. "I'm very pleased and very excited to see a business school that has this type of commitment and is looking to the future. They're taking the talk and turning it into reality." Technological advances Among the more advanced features is the integrated daylighting system that directs light from windows to tilted ceiling panels that reflect it downward and automatically lowers the high-efficiency fluorescent lights. It also features motorized mo·tor·ize tr.v. mo·tor·ized, mo·tor·iz·ing, mo·tor·iz·es 1. To equip with a motor. 2. To supply with motor-driven vehicles. 3. To provide with automobiles. shades that automatically raise and lower to meet light needs or to match preset preset Cardiac pacing A parameter of a pacemaker that is programmed permanently when manufactured levels for lectures, discussions or video projection. Sensors shut everything off when no one's in the room. "On most days, you won't need electric lights," said Mick Westrick as he stood in one of the state-of-the-art classrooms that's being finished early to show off some of the technology. Westrick is the director of technology in the Chiles Chiles is a surname, and may refer to:
The photovoltaic The generation of voltage by a material that is exposed to light in the visible and invisible ranges. See photoelectric and photovoltaic cell. system will be one of the largest of its kind in the Northwest, capable of generating 44 kilowatts of electricity. Nothing else produces that much now, although a project in Bend will be larger. It's hard to estimate the energy savings at this point, but Hawley noted that the design allowed the building to use a much smaller heating and air conditioning system. The original HVAC (Heating Ventilation Air Conditioning) In the home or small office with a handful of computers, HVAC is more for human comfort than the machines. In large datacenters, a humidity-free room with a steady, cool temperature is essential for the trouble-free plan, before any of the energy technologies were factored in, was four times as large as what eventually was needed. Ahead of schedule And all the advanced features haven't slowed down the project. In fact, it's several weeks ahead of schedule and could be finished by early September, before the Nov. 15 deadline in the contract. But it will take time to move in and work the bugs out of all the new systems, so the first class won't be held in the building until winter term. Sometime after the Lillis building is completed, the two older wings of Gilbert Hall, built in 1916 and 1921, will be closed for extensive remodeling remodeling /re·mod·el·ing/ (re-mod´el-ing) reorganization or renovation of an old structure. bone remodeling . Fund raising for the entire project is continuing but should wrap up soon, said Chris Murray Chris Murray (b. September 26, 1966) is a Canadian-born singer-songwriter and guitarist working primarily in the genre of ska. In Canada, he was a member of the now-defunct ska band King Apparatus during the late 1980s and early 1990s. , the business school's associate dean for external relations. And despite the modern design, architects went out of their way to make the structure fit in among the vintage campus buildings that surround it, to the extent of studying the old brick patterns to get a match. "It's a modern building, but it really doesn't look out of place among the old ones," said Westrick. "It's going to be a beauty, no doubt about it." BUILDING PROJECTS Construction and major renovations at the University of Oregon since 1997. Cost figures are approximate. Allen Hall This article is about the University of Manchester Hall of Residence. For the University of Pittsburgh, see Allen Hall (University of Pittsburgh). Allen Hall renovations, $3.2 million Autzen Stadium The stadium is tucked between the Willamette River and Coburg Hills. The uniquely shaped bowl blends in with the wooded Eugene landscape. The shape also allows for unique acoustics, making it one of the loudest stadiums in NCAA Football for its capacity. expansion, $90 million East Campus Children's Center, $2.8 million (in progress) EMU emu or emeu (both: ē`my  ), common name for a large, flightless bird of Australia, related to the cassowary and the ostrich. improvements, $5 million
Knight Law Center, $25 million Lillis Business Complex, $40 million (in progress) McKenzie Hall renovation, $4 million Moshofsky Indoor Practice Facility, $14 million Museum of Art addition, $12 million Straub Hall addition, $4 million Student Recreation Center Student Recreation Center may refer to:
$18 million Student Indoor Tennis Center, $2 million Vivian Olum Child Development Center, $600,000 ON TAP UO construction projects in the discussion or fund-raising stage. Figures are estimates. College of Education addition and remodel re·mod·el tr.v. re·mod·eled also re·mod·elled, re·mod·el·ing also re·mod·el·ling, re·mod·els also re·mod·els To make over in structure or style; reconstruct. , $40 million EMU remodel, $29 million Health Center addition and renovation, $9.5 million Integrated Science Complex, undetermined Many Nations Longhouse, $1.2 million Robinson Theatre addition and renovation, $7 million School of Music addition, $15.2 million Student residence hall, undetermined CAPTION(S): Brian Davies Brian Davies can stand for:
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