PROJECT Mullins Complex, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
LOCATION Louisville, Kentucky,
PROJECT COMPLETION DATE 8/1/2014
ARCHITECT Michael Winstanley Architects and Planners
ASSOCIATED ARCHITECT
OWNER/CLIENT Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
CONTRACTOR Messer Construction Co.
PHOTOGRAPHER
Jessica Marcotte
DESIGN TEAM
MIchael Winstanley, George Eisenberger, Leejung Hong, Andrea Lucas, Holly Lenz, Kristen Melton, Anthony Margadonna, Fuller Sherrod
SUMMARY DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT:
The campus of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (SBTS) was designed by James Gamble Rogers and the Olmstead Brothers in 1929. Mullins Complex was originally designed as a residence hall and was one of five buildings on the Seminary campus. A new master plan for SBTS called for the restoration of Mullins Complex and creates a new ‘Residential College’ nested in the predominantly Graduate level Seminary. As part of the first completed project of SBTS’s master plan, the building houses the Boyce College’s residences, student lounges, faculty and administration. The completed renovation converts the outdated configuration of single rooms & common floor bathrooms to 350 student beds in a 4-person suite arrangement allowing for both double and singles adjacent to the suite’s common spaces, with student lounges scattered throughout the building. In the building wings, and facing the main quadrangle, are the Boyce College administration and faculty offices. The student center includes lounges, an amphitheater, recording studio, climbing wall, two student kitchen/dining areas and conference rooms. The diversity of the space provides a social hub for many interests, encouraging collaboration & exposure to all aspects of student life. The recording studio with the garage door is the corner piece of the music-centric Seminary with regular concerts bringing the campus together. The historic importance of Mullins Hall is founded in the lineage of this building in the career of James Gamble Rogers. While it maintained the picturesque compositions of his more notable counterpoint style, Collegiate Gothic, Rogers’ Collegiate Georgian buildings were simpler, more modern in appearance with larger repetitive windows.
IMAGE CAPTIONS & CREDITS
IMAGE 1 Mullins Complex_high res ext, View from the Main Quadrangle, photograhy by Jessica Marcotte
IMAGE 2 Mullins Complex_high res int, Student Center, lower lever at Climbing Wall and Coffee Bar, photograhy by Jessica Marcotte
IMAGE 3 Mullins Complex_Image 1, Typical 4-person Student, Common Area and Individual Room, photograhy by Jessica Marcotte
IMAGE 4 Mullins Complex_Image 2, Main Lobby, photograhy by Jessica Marcotte
IMAGE 5 Mullins Complex_Image 3, Student Center from Upper Level, photograhy by Jessica Marcotte
IMAGE 6 Mullins Complex_Image 4, Student Center Entry, photograhy by Jessica Marcotte
IMAGE 7 Mullins Complex_Image 5, Typical Residence Hallway and Suite Entry, photograhy by Jessica Marcotte
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Mullins Complex, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Category
AIA Potomac Valley > Institutional Architecture (AIA Potomac Valley)
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