Article source: Sottile & Sottile & Lord Aeck Sargent

The Evans Center for African American Studies at the Savannah College of Art and Design expands the University’s art museum by resurrecting the ruins of the only surviving antebellum railroad complex in the U.S. The project transformed a series of dilapidated freight warehouses originally built in 1853 by African slaves and incorporated them into a complex that includes galleries, art studios, classrooms, a 250-seat theatre, and public gardens. The 82,0000-square-foot expansion intentionally links the site’s historical and geographic context with its contemporary purpose; once part of the Underground Railroad, the Evans Center now celebrates African American art.

Image Courtesy © SCAD, Twilight view of Grand Courtyard

• Architects: Sottile & Sottile & Lord Aeck Sargent
• Project: SCAD Museum of Art
• Location: Savannah, U.S.A
• Photography: SCAD, Sottile & Sottile & Lord Aeck Sargent
• Software used: Sketchup and Revit.
• Owner: Savannah College of Art and Design
• Associate Architect: Dawson Architects