Hitt Hall Dining Facility and School of Construction at Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA

Opened in 2024, Hitt Hall at Virginia Tech is home to the Provost’s classrooms, the Myers-Lawson School of Construction, and the Perry Place dining hall. Over 20,000 SF of the new building is dedicated to the Provost's classrooms and open to the broader university community. These spaces include a 160-person classroom, a 120-person classroom, and an 81-person TEAL (Technology Enhanced Active-Learning) classroom. Multiple seminar rooms, meeting rooms, and student spaces help them to thrive across all disciplines.

The 33,000 SF component dedicated to the Myers-Lawson School of Construction will allow the college to double enrollment in the program. It features a high-bay innovation lab for building construction mock-ups, a flexible 100-student classroom, three integrated design studios (TEAL environments), student meeting spaces, technology-enhanced classrooms, conferencing suites, and administrative suites.

The 30,000 SF Perry Place provides much-needed relief to the over-utilized, award-winning campus dining facilities. It features two chain restaurants, a diner, a smokehouse concept, a café, a convenience store, as well as four other concepts, a centralized kitchen, and seating for over 700 students. The brands for each of these outlets were designed by Cooper Carry's Branding team, with the Experiential Graphic Design and Interior Design team rounding out the experience for each.

The Cooper Carry design team helped Virginia Tech program the spaces and update their outdated technology standards. With this information, the design team ensured the classrooms are equipped with the latest technological advances that seamlessly integrate into the current campus IT standards. Raised access flooring allows the university to manage cables in large classrooms and incorporate multiple technology options to accommodate various teaching pedagogies.

Significant site coordination was required to tie the building into existing campus facilities, provide firefighters access to the campus precinct, and manage the floodplain.

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Hitt Hall Design & Funding Approved Unanimously by Virginia Tech Board of Visitors