EAST LANSING, Mich. — Site design concepts that will commemorate Michigan State University’s Morrill Hall will be on display at the MSU Union on Nov. 1.
Students from MSU’s Landscape Architecture program were invited to participate in a competition to come up with initial concepts and visions for the site restoration, site design and commemoration of Morrill Hall, which is slated for demolition in 2013.
The designs will be on display from 10 a.m. to noon and again from 6 to 8 p.m. in the lobby of the MSU Union.
The student designers, as well as representatives of the Morrill Hall project, will be on hand to explain the designs, answer questions and collect feedback that will help determine the final design.
A wooden structure that was built in 1900, Morrill Hall has suffered irreparable deterioration. It’s been determined that reconstruction and restoration of the facility would not be economically feasible.
Meanwhile, work continues on an addition to Wells Hall that will serve as home to a number of departments that will be relocated from Morrill Hall, including English; linguistics and Germanic, Slavic, Asian and African languages; Spanish and Portuguese; French, classics and Italian; and the English Language Center.
Construction of the Wells Hall addition began in September 2010, with completion scheduled for August 2012.
The site design concepts also will be on display at the Nov. 10 “Construction Junction,” which is at 8:30 a.m. in Room 206 Old Horticulture Hall. Presented by MSU Physical Plant, Construction Junction is a monthly event that updates the MSU community on various on-campus construction projects.
For more information on the project, visit http://bit.ly/wells-morrill
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