WHAT YOU CAN DISCOVER
IN THE IUPUI DIGIAL LIBRARY

The Columbus Indiana Architectural Archives has partnered with the IUPUC Library and IUPUI Library Digital Collections to present five Bartholomew County projects on the IUPUI Digital Library site. The projects are: Mill Race Park,The Columbus Learning Center, Central Middle School, the Arvin Meritor/Bartholomew Consolidated School Corporation Administration building, and the Columbus Regional Hospital.

MILL RACE PARK begins with 1950s “before” photos of Death Valley and The Republic articles of the early reclamation by the River Rats and City of Columbus.  The Legacy Project of the Quincentenial of 1492 brought Michael Van Valkenburgh as Landscape Design Architect and Stanley Saitowitz as the Architect for structures.  Project profile, concept designs, complete plans, and dedication brochure are included.

THE COLUMBUS LEARNING CENTER includes the program planning by the Columbus Educational Coalition of the Columbus Area Chamber of Commerce.  The partnership of IUPUC, Ivy Tech Community College, the Bartholomew Consolidated School Corporation, and Workforce One brought Kevin Kennon in as the design architect with Kohn Pederson Fox Architects.  Construction photos by Taylor Brothers construction, the KPF design presentation book, and The Republic dedication booklet present the unique shared educational facility.

COLUMBUS MIDDLE SCHOOL includes historic photos of the 1909 Elmer Dunlap high school, the Industrial Arts building, the Memorial gymnasium, and the Wilson building, and the post 1976 fire Central Middle School redesign by William Burd, architect.  The presentation book for the present Central Middle School and concept drawings by Ralph Johnson, design architect, with Perkins + Will Architects, construction photographs by CSO Architects, and the dedication brochure complete the century of education on this site. A lesson plan to review the initial design and re-design by Perkins + Will Architects will be available.  Anthony J. Costello, Irving Distinguished Professor Emeritus of architecture from Ball State University has prepared a power point lesson plan. See below, and contact CIAA for information.
     
THE ARVIN MERITOR / BARTHOLOMEW CONSOLIDATED ADMINISTRATION BUILDING is a reuse of the 1886 Maple Grove School designed by Charles F. Sparrell.  Arvin Industries hired William Browne, Jr. design architect for RATIO Architects to  add onto the school building for the Arvin North America headquarters in 1989.  The plans and construction articles from The Republic are included. In 2007 the facility became the Bartholomew Consolidated School Administration building.

THE COLUMBUS REGIONAL HOSPITAL begins with the 1916 first plans by D. A. Bohlen, architect.  Through the next seven decades the hospital has evolved on the site and the historic photos and plans show the expansions.  Then Robert A.M. Stern was brought in as design architect for the 21st century Master Plan. Falik Klein Partners are the architect of record for the campus.  Design drawings, signage plans, and dedication brochure are included.

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Columbus Indiana
Architectural Archives
Case Studies
First in a series
Available: January 2009 Central Middle School,

Columbus, Indiana:
Budget, context, and program inform latest addition to city's list of outstanding architecture

Developed by: Anthony J. "Tony" Costello, FAIA Irving Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Ball State University

This case study presentation follows the chronological development of the new Central Middle School, located in Columbus, Indiana, and dedicated in August of 2007.

Designed by Ralph Johnson, FAIA, of the Chicago Office of Perkins & Will, this case study tracks the school's history from: the initial programming of the building, its design and cost; the successful public remonstrance initiative; decisions impacting reduction in program; interview w/ architect about how he responded to the challenge of a reduced program; the final (re)designed solution; construction sequence; and dedication. It concludes with short interviews with administrators, teachers, and students after a year as users of the building.

The program is geared to 45-minute presentation leaving 15 minutes for class discussion. Formatted for standard PowerPoint presentation: