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USC SOUTH CAROLINIANA LIBRARY C.1840

The South Caroliniana Library is one of the oldest and most prominent buildings on the campus of the University of South Carolina. Built in 1840, it has served generations of students. It still serves as the University’s archive library and will soon include ample exhibit space that will reveal the Library’s museum collections to students and the public. In 2017 the University of South Carolina began design for a major rehabilitation of the historic library, located in the most historic corner of campus, the Horseshoe. The project team’s ambition was to improve the building’s structural stability, create a proper archival environment with modern temperature and humidity controls for the collections, create exhibits to highlight the library’s remarkable collections, and restore the character-defining spaces of the library’s interior, The showcase of the restoration is the library’s Bulfinch reading room, one of the finest public interiors of any building in the state of South Carolina.

THE CITADEL BASTIN HALL SCHOOL OF BUSINESS

It's been over four decades since The Citadel has built an academic building on campus. This new three-story 44,000 SF facility modernizes the business education program to prepare cadets to become leaders in the business community. The program includes a business commons for group projects, a Bloomberg Financial Services Lab, Innovation Lab, mock interview room, sales classrooms and break out rooms, in addition to flat, flexible classrooms, tiered classrooms and faculty offices. The design is sited to create a new quad of The Citadel campus and becomes a new public face to the City of Charleston. Honoring the tradition of The Citadel and respecting the architectural character, the design incorporates modern characteristics showing the institution’s transition into the 21st Century with an optimism for the future. The new facility also incorporates a sustainable approach and was designed to achieve Green Globes Certification.

USC-BEAUFORT HILTON HEAD HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT CAMPUS

This 40,000 SF facility is a new resource for USCB's Hospitality Department in Beaufort and for Hilton Head Island, Beaufort County and Jasper County's thriving hospitality industry. The design is harmonious with natural surroundings, incorporates campus culture and island character, and reflects the island’s ecological design principles and sustainable practices by achieving Two Green Globes sustainability certification. The entry portico mimics the architectural style of the Old Beaufort College Building, referencing the history of the University while also reflecting its evolution. In addition to State and USCB program requirements, municipal aesthetic requirements are unique to the Island. The team led a successful collaborative effort to develop the design of this much needed school and event space for the Region. Liollio, in association with Bialosky, carefully developed the iconic design for this two-story facility. The site design focuses on preserving the island’s natural aesthetic through sensitive redevelopment. The design limits disruption to the environment, enhances the existing natural elements, and incorporates natural materials and finishes.

COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON SCHOOL OF SCIENCES & MATHEMATICS

The College of Charleston School of Sciences & Mathematics is a teaching & research facility committed to the integration of discovery, innovation & education. Labs, lecture halls, classrooms, community spaces & faculty offices comprise the majority of the building's program connected by open internal spaces that foster an interactive & collaborative environment. One design challenge was to develop an aesthetic that complements the scale & historic nature of the fine textured surrounding buildings while accommodating a 125,000 SF program on a confined urban site. Our team's approach was to utilize the context of surrounding buildings to influence the design & materials selection for color & surface characteristics conveying the craftsmanship of the many historic structures within this neighborhood.

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH & SCHOOL EDUCATION BUILDING

This new structure on the campus of First Baptist Church and School in Charleston replaced a non-historic existing building located approximately mid-block between Meeting and Church streets. The building includes offices, classrooms, and a Fellowship Hall with a commercial kitchen, all of which are shared by the Church and School. The building is simply built of economical materials: brick veneer over metal studs and a structural steel frame with storefront and curtainwall glazing. The massing of the building is broken down into two wings to reduce the overall scale of the building in relation to the existing historic context. The design includes a reduced footprint compared to the existing building and utilizes a 12’-8” floor to floor height to better integrate the building into its context.

The education building works with the c.1822 Robert Mills-designed sanctuary to frame an active courtyard. Together, the new building, the courtyard, and the sanctuary represent the three pillars of Baptist faith: Education, Fellowship, and Worship. It also creates connections between three communities: the religious community of the church, the educational community of the school, and the historic community of Charleston’s South of Broad neighborhood.

The courtyard supports church luncheons and after-school activities. The graveyard sits adjacent to this courtyard, but the kids don’t seem to mind. Students take lessons and have snacks on the porches that overlook the space.

Unusually, the fellowship hall is on the top floor. This allows the kindergarten classrooms to occupy the first floor, for life safety. The top floor allows greater ceiling heights and remarkable views of the historic cityscape.

MATILDA F. DUNSTON ELEMENTARY

Our team designed a phased replacement of this 1950s era school to accommodate up to 500 students and an enrollment expansion to include 4th and 5th grades. Dunston is an extremely popular school that has strong community ties. During design and construction, the school staff continued their close presence and high-level of success with students in this neighborhood. Through an innovative phasing plan for demolition, portable classroom use and civil design, the school was replaced within the constraints of a small site while the main portion of the original building remained in operation. The new design provides a media center, and multiple computer and special area classrooms including art, music and project maker spaces.

BELLS ELEMENTARY

Liollio was commissioned to design the new 45,000 SF Bells Elementary School to replace the 1950s facility. The existing school had to remain operational and safe throughout construction. The schedule had to be accelerated to meet the required move-in date. CCSD chose to proceed with CM@Risk delivery and selected Liollio based on our extensive experience delivering K12 schools utilizing Integrated Project Delivery. We continued to work closely with the CM@R throughout each phase of design on constructibility, cost analysis and phasing options to provide the most efficient design to meet the District’s educational and maintenance standards. The design was fast tracked to provide an early site package within 6 months from the date of Notice to Proceed. The design for this new single-story school reflects local culture, incorporating many of the design elements from the original mid-modern era school including columns and horizontal glazing. The history of the lumber mills in the area also inspired the design team to incorporate heavy timber framing in the main corridors that creates a softer, warmer, friendlier environment for the young students. Daylighting and soft program spaces for collaborative learning are incorporated throughout.

CHARLESTON PROGRESSIVE ACADEMY

This 1955 structure is deemed significant by the City & local preservation organizations as an excellent example of mid-century architecture. The project site is small & constrained. It is bordered by a busy 4 lane artery entering the City to the west, a historic 19th century neighborhood park to the south & a fine fabric historic residential neighborhood to the east and north. The key to the design effort involved a close collaboration with the City regulatory design boards, the neighborhood design committee & the school district; & most importantly, addressed the educational needs of the K4-6 grade student body, faculty & administrative staff as they continue to deliver a successful & well documented 21st century educational program. The new construction supports a new media center complete with a computer training classroom, science, art & multi-purpose room. A music room with its own balcony is located on the second floor of the new addition. Musical performances are easily attainable for a grand audience when the doors from the music room are open to the courtyard below.

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