The South Lawn Project, the most ambitious undertaking on the University of Virginia’s Central Grounds in a century, is designed to accommodate the contemporary program requirements of the College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences while paying respect to the Jeffersonian architecture in the nearby Academic Village. It will see 12,000 student visits every day. It features a 95-foot-wide terrace across Jefferson Park Avenue that connects the South Lawn Project with the Central Grounds. At the south end of the terrace is a circular plaza that sits atop a Commons Building, with an exterior stair leading to the garden areas below. An extensive landscape design creates a park-like feel while educating students about storm water management. The Foster Site is also celebrated in the landscape, giving recognition to the home of Kitty Foster, a free black who provided laundry services for the University in the mid 1800’s.

The South Lawn is a 4-5 story building of 114,000 gsf.  The project is scheduled for completion in fall 2010.