Hewitt Hall Renovation

The renovation of Hewitt Hall, led by Cannon Design, will provide 132,285 square feet of innovative teaching spaces, studios, and laboratories for programs within the School of Communication, Media and the Arts.

Hewitt Hall has been reimagined with the following design goals:

Be a State of the Art Facility that elevates the Broadcasting and Mass Communication Program to the Top 10 in the Country.
Provide collaboration and innovation across programs.
Create an Arts Cluster with Tyler Hall.
Reinforce and strengthen the connections between faculty and students.

Interior rendered drawings of Hewitt Hall

Art & Design

Graphic Design
Illustration
Interaction Design

Cinema & Screen Studies

Communication Studies

Broadcasting and Mass Communication
Communication
Journalism
Public Relations
Strategic Communication

Key Features

State of the art teaching studios and laboratories.
Collaborative Core with center atrium skylights, staircase, and lounge areas for informal interactions.
Ballroom with redesigned exterior patio and garden courtyard.
Screening Room for watching film and practicing public speaking.
Whitebox Gallery for multi-media design display.
Café with interior and exterior seating.

Important New Spaces

Communication Studies

Two (2) State of the Art Broadcasting Studios and Control Rooms.
Newsroom.
Media Production Lab.
Audio Editing and Audio Foley Suite.
Video / Audio Editing Lab.
Audio, ADR, and Voice-over Booths
Focus Group and Observation Rooms.

Art & Design

Whitebox Gallery.
Foundation Studio.
Intermediate Studio and Breakout Studio.
Advanced Studio.
Workroom with Spray both and custom work tables.
Printing and Protyping Room.
Interactive Studio.

Shared Spaces Across Programs

Four (4) Virtual Reality Booths and Breakout Studio.
Screening Room.
Three (3) Project Studios.
Four (4) Mac and PC Computer Labs.
Four (4) Classrooms.
Animation Lab.
Team Work Areas and Meeting Rooms.

rendered drawing of Hewitt Hall from the outside

Sustainable Performance Goals:

LEED Silver Certification.
SUCF Directive 1B-2 Net Zero Carbon New Buildings and Deep Energy Retrofits of Existing Buildings.

LEED Silver Certification is being pursued for the Hewitt Hall renovation. LEED uses 8 main categories to assess the quality of sustainable performance. Below are the 8 categories with some of the specific building implementation strategies.

Location and Transportation

Sensitive Land Protection - Reuse of existing site.
Access to Quality Transit - Public transportation system access on campus.

Sustainable Sites

Construction Activity Pollution Prevention - Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan and temporary erosion control to reduce sediment into nearby waterbodies.

Water Efficiency

Outdoor Water Use Reduction – Reduction in landscaping watering through the use of native / adaptive plant species, no site irrigation planned.
Indoor Water Use Reduction – WaterSense Certified / Energy Star products in water fixtures.
Building Wide Water Metering - Track water usage, so that efficiency can be reviewed and maintained.

Indoor Environmental Quality

Indoor Air Quality Performance - Meet ASHRAE standard 62.1 for improved indoor air ventilation.
Environmental Tobacco Smoke Control – No smoking on campus.
Low Emitting Materials – Interior materials to be chosen that have low / no VOCs.

Innovation

Walkable Project Site.
Back-Up Power Generation.
Building as a Teaching Tool – Signage throughout the building will provide educational insight into the energy efficient strategies implemented.

Regional Priority

Rainwater Management.
Heat Island Reduction.
Building Life Cycle Impact Reduction.

Energy and Atmosphere

Building Wide Energy Metering - Track energy usage, so that efficiency can be reviewed and maintained.
Optimized energy performance – Geothermal heat pump system with chilled beams significantly reduces energy and carbon consumption.

The SUCF Directive 1B-2 Net Zero Carbon New Buildings and Deep Energy Retrofits of Existing Buildings seeks specific performance goals to reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions.

Goal - 50% reduction of site’s annual energy consumption.
Hewitt Hall Design achieves 67.2% reduction in site’s annual energy consumption (exceeds 50% goal by 17.2%).
Goal – 25% reduction in building’s current annual site carbon consumption.
Hewitt Hall Design achieves 52.6% reduction in carbon emissions (exceeds 25% goal by 27.6%)