HOTEL D EXHIBITION
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The Center for Teaching Excellence commissioned this history exhibit in 2022.
The excerpt below is the opening lines from the introductory panel describing hotel design and function for the installed exhibit in the central hall of Hotel D.
The images that follow represent the exhibition panels and can be explored in full by clicking to expand them.
Hotel Design
While many early American colleges occupied a single large building that served as a classroom, dining hall, and dormitory, Thomas Jefferson
hoped to compartmentalize these functions as he designed UVA. Separated from the library, classrooms, and dormitories that dominated
the lawn of the Academical Village, the Hotels on the Ranges served as the dining halls for students as well as residences of hotelkeepers and
their families. The dining and boarding services were contracted out to hotelkeepers who operated on tight budgets.… See panel to read more >
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Photo credits:
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| Hotel D render gallery | Hotel D photo gallery | Hotel D animation |
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Research Kirt von Daacke Louis Nelson Ian Iverson |
Modeling and Technology Lauren Massari Shayne Brandon Worthy Martin |
Design Anne Chesnut Project Manager Katie Wu |