Major change is happening at the heart of UVM’s campus with the launch of several concurrent new building/renovation projects that will transform this area. Learn more on the Building UVM website.
Chittenden-Buckham-Wills demolition
Timeline: Spring/Summer 2015
As the first phase of UVM’s student and Faculty/staff Housing master plan, Chittenden, Buckham, and Wills residence halls are being demolished this summer to make way for UVM Medical Center’s new inpatient bed replacement facility and UVM’s new first-year student housing and dining project.
Watch the live stream of the buildings' demolition.
STEM Complex
Timeline: Summer 2015-Summer 2019 (3 Phases)
The STEM (science, Technology, Engineering, and math) Complex will include three facilities: a classroom and office building that will replace the existing Cook Physical Science Building, a renovation of Votey Hall, and the construction of a new teaching/research laboratory building (on the approximate site of Angell Hall, which will be demolished). Its design will be visionary and forward-looking — befitting a facility whose focus is on the future, yet it will honor the past and complement the important architecture that surrounds it. The STEM complex will align UVM and its students with some of the most promising economic development opportunities and job growth fields within the state of Vermont and beyond.
On-Campus First-Year Housing and Dining Project
Timeline: Fall 2015-Summer 2017
The 391 beds of student housing at Chittenden, Buckham, Wills residence Halls will be replaced with 699 beds of modern housing for first-year students in this project. The buildings will also include a 500-seat dining facility, Residential Life offices, and student amenity space, including a fitness center. The proposed development consists of two connected buildings: a six-story building with the dining hall component on the first floor and a seven-story building with all housing and housing-related uses. Students will be able to access Bailey/Howe Library directly from the building through the bridge connection over Carrigan Drive.
UVM Medical Center Inpatient Bed Replacement
The UVM Medical Center is creating a better space for patients — enhancing quality, privacy and healing, while providing more room for families with the inpatient bed replacement project. The new facility will be a seven-floor building located on the west side of the medical center campus above the existing Emergency Department parking lot. The project does not actually add beds, but will allow the hospital to place more of their existing beds in private rooms, increasing the single-occupancy rate from approximately 30 percent to approximately 90 percent.