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After a two-year renovation, Lincoln Hall at Portland State University was formally reopened on Tuesday, September 21st, 2010. Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski, Portland State President Wim Wiewel, Dean of the School of Fine and Performing Arts Barbara Sestak, and Portland State Vice President Lindsay Desrochers led the ribbon cutting ceremony. Built as a public high school in 1911, Lincoln Hall suffered from aging building systems, lacked seismic bracing, and did not meet the current teaching and performing demands when Boora began evaluating the building for improvements in 2007. At that time, the Oregon Legislature had approved $29.1 million to pay for deferred maintenance, including seismic upgrades, to what was “one of the worst buildings on campus”, according Dean Sestak. Lincoln Hall was a dark, cramped, confusing building with poor air quality and inefficient heating and cooling, but was nonetheless a heavily-used facility by students and both campus and community arts groups. To maximize the impact of the available funding, the design team comprehensively considered existing conditions for opportunities to reorder the space program and improve the environment for users. Old and oversized heating/air conditioning equipment, for example, was removed from a large boiler room in the basement and replaced by a more efficient unit on the roof. The old boiler room was converted to a new studio theater and practice rooms. Two holes in the roof, which were required to allow installation of 60-foot |
steel seismic beams, were left open to create three-story light wells on either side of the main 465-seat hall. All windows were replaced, dramatically improving the performance of the building envelope and user comfort. These and other updates have restored a tremendous asset to the physical fabric and architectural heritage of the campus. They will also help Lincoln Hall achieve LEED Platinum Certification, which will be a first for Portland State University.
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