Several of the iSchool staff spent part or all of the day attending meetings and doing various “walkabouts” on the 7th, 5th, and 1st floors of 1616 Guadalupe. Things are moving very quickly! The 5th floor (faculty, staff, and doctoral student offices and research labs) now has all the sheetrock up. I’ve included some pics below of faculty office space, and the IX Lab on the 5th floor.

Faculty Offices South

IX-Lab with 2-way glass

The 1st floor is framed out with sheetrock to be added soon! The entire project is progressing at a very fast pace. It won’t be anytime before we will be in the facility offering classes! Here are pictures of the preservation and conservation book and paper labs as well as the student lounge.

Student Lounge

Book & Paper Labs

Most offices on the 5th floor will have a glass-wall system that enables the diffusion of light to the center of the floor. Although the pictures below are on the 6th floor of 1616, they exemplify the glass wall system to be installed on the 5th floor.

Here is your last opportunity to see the concrete floors on the 1st level. Demolition was completed in October 2008.

In summer 2007 iSchool faculty and staff began working with UT’s Office of Planning and Construction Services on plans to renovate new space for the iSchool at 1616 Guadalupe. The new site for the school will provide 40,000 square feet of newly renovated space that will more than double space allocated for classrooms, labs, research and student space, as well as faculty and staff offices. In addition to bringing all teaching and lab facilities of the school under one roof, 1616 Guadalupe will provide a much needed student lounge and kitchen as well as research and collaboration space for faculty and doctoral students. The new facility will have six classrooms and four seminar and conference rooms compared to four classrooms and one conference room at the Sanchez Building space. Here are renderings of the 1st floor. We will keep you updated on the progress of the renovation project and our migration to our new home.