CREW

CREW: Center for Research + Education at Wormsloe

The NEW Center

for Research and Education at Wormsloe (CREW)

CREW

is administered through the College of Environment and Design at the UGA Athens campus and in affiliation with the Wormsloe Foundation

Administered through the College of Environment and Design at the UGA Athens campus and in affiliation with the Wormsloe Foundation, the Center for Research and Education at Wormsloe (CREW) supports interdisciplinary research conducted by multiple colleges at UGA and other units from across the entire University System of Georgia and engages a range of activities integrating research findings with education, outreach, and stewardship.

The Wormsloe Foundation is proposing a new Center for Education and Research to be built on the University of Georgia’s 15.5acre campus at the historic Wormsloe site on the coast of Georgia. This facility will be the nexus of experiential learning and research concerning coastal issues. The proposed building will provide a specific place within the UGA system where students and faculty can work across traditional disciplinary boundaries to create new trans-disciplinary solutions for some of the “wicked” problems of our age, including environmental and societal challenges brought on by climate change and shifting demographics in the human population.

CREW VISION Wormsloe is a model ecosystem for research supporting the broad fields of environmental history and fosters a community of scholars that promotes collaboration and the integration of knowledge.

CREW MISSION The mission of CREW is to enhance research and educational opportunities for college students and faculty, provide access to and support for research onsite and maintain a platform for accumulation, integration, and dissemination of multi-disciplinary knowledge.

PROPOSED MULTI-PURPOSE FACILITY

The proposed center includes a classroom, a small conference center auditorium, a laboratory, a kitchen, and dining facility.

disciplines, such as landscape architecture, environmental planning and design, historic preservation, environmental engineering, geospatial analysis, geographical mapmaking, assessment of historical documents, and fine arts require adequate, shared work space.

Site Plan Concept #1

Site Plan Concepts Board 5

varying interpretations of data, and intellectual exploration that will deepen our understanding of the world. In addition to expanding ongoing classes on site, the multi-purpose conference room will provide the option for small symposia and forums of up to 85 participants.

Site Plan Concept #1

Site Plan Concepts Board 5

Second Floor Area: 1,618 SF

Second Floor Plan

Scale: 1/8” = 1’-0”

First Floor Area: 2,333 SF Total Building Area: 3,951 SF

Scale: 1/8” = 1’-0”

MUDROOM

DN

REST ROOM UP

REST ROOM

MULTI-USE LABORATORY

MECH.

OFFICE PORCH OFFICE SUITE

OPEN TO BELOW

OUTDOOR CLASSROOM

First Floor Plan

Wormsloe Institute for Environmental History

for Environmental History

Research Cabins, Research Center, & Auxilary Structures

Research Cabins, Research Center, & Auxilary Structures

Scale: 1/8” = 1’-0”

A shared lab space is necessary for the interdisciplinary involvement of researchers and students. A single, common workroom is the most cost effective solution and will enhance the ongoing synergy among disciplines.

Research Cabins, Research Center, & Auxilary Structures

Wormsloe Institute

Second Floor Area: 1,618 SF

Second Floor Plan

North | 1/16” = 1’-0”

Scale: 1/8” = 1’-0”

RESEARCH CABIN

First Floor Plan

VIEW FROM FUTURE RESEARCH CABINS (FACING SOUTHWEST)

RESEARCH CABIN

North | 1/16” = 1’-0”

Research serves little purpose if its findings are not shared. This allows for debate, for Environmental History

First Floor Area: 2,333 SF Total Building Area: 3,951 SF

KITCHEN/ SERVICE

The classroom will be a venue for students to share individual findings as well as space to work in teams. Many

Wormsloe Institute

RESEARCH CABIN

REST ROOM

MECH.

MULTI-USE LABORATORY

REST ROOM

MUDROOM

KITCHEN

HISTORIC SLAVE CABIN

DN

REST ROOM

OUTDOOR CLASSROOM

UP

RESEARCH CABIN

CLASSROOM

OFFICE PORCH

EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER_

OFFICE SUITE

REST ROOM

CLASSROOM

OUTDOOR CLASSROOM REST ROOM

REST ROOM

KITCHEN/ SERVICE

FUTURE RESEARCH CABINS (2)

HISTORIC SLAVE CABIN

OUTDOOR CLASSROOM

EVENTS PORCH

EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER_

EVENTS PORCH

OPEN TO BELOW CLASSROOM

CLASSROOM

SHARED LABORATORY:

EXISTING DRIVE

FUTURE RESEARCH CABINS (2)

EVENTS PORCH

Siting & floor Plans | Educational Research Center

EVENTS PORCH EXISTING DRIVE

The Wor m sloe Foundation

KITCHEN

Char acter perspective | Educational Research Center

PROPOSED AUDITORIUM:

The Wor m sloe Foundation

The Wor m sloe Foundation

Siting & floor Plans | Educational Research Center

PROPOSED CLASSROOM:

A NOTE FROM CRAIG BARROW, III

When my wife Diana and I moved to Wormsloe in the winter of 1986, we quickly realized that this was not going to be your typical home. As the ninth generation and a direct descendant of the founding settler, Noble Jones, my family and I inherited a huge responsibility of stewardship for this 1200-acre plantation.

The crux of this stewardship is to ensure that Wormsloe will be preserved for future generations and to share this natural and cultural resource with the citizens of Georgia and other visitors to the Savannah region.

In 2010 The trustees of the Wormsloe Foundation, Inc. elected Sarah Ross as president and subsequently created The Wormsloe Institute of Environmental History.

We began discussions with the University of

Georgia about the possibility of creating a campus that could host students and scholars. In December 2012 a memorandum of understanding between the Wormsloe Foundation, Inc. and the University of Georgia was signed and the Wormsloe Foundation deeded 15.5 acres to the University with full support of the Board of Regents. The University of Georgia’s Center for Research and Education at Wormsloe was launched.

We believe that now there is a unique and powerful partnership among the Craig Barrow family, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, The Wormsloe Foundation and Institute, and the University of Georgia.

We are confident this partnership will ensure the protection of this significant historic site and that it will continue to evolve as an exceptional asset for the citizens of our great state.

OUR GOAL IS $1.5 MILLION

Please support the next generation of inspired learning at Wormsloe by donating to the Center for Research and Education at Wormsloe:

DONATIONS MAY BE SENT TO: The Wormsloe Foundation, Inc. 22 W. Bryant St. P.O. Box 300 Savannah, Ga. 31401-2604