Construction is a fixture of most college campuses — Princeton being no exception — but students returning this year have found more fences than usual. The abundance of projects, ranging from renovation of old dormitories to the construction of a new college, includes residential, academic and administrative facilities.
Parts of Rockefeller and Mathey Colleges are currently undergoing renovation. Work began on Holder Hall during the summer and will continue through the year, after which renovation of Hamilton and then Madison will begin. The entire block will be completed in September 2007.
The renovation of these buildings was partly prompted by a lack of physical space in the buildings.
"Essentially the infrastructure has been bursting at the seams," said Vice President for Facilities Michael McKay.
The other major residential project, Whitman College, is "on schedule" to be completed in the spring 2007, McKay said.
Renovations in academic buildings have also sent two departments into temporary housing.
Jones Hall, located next to Frist Campus Center, was one of the few academic buildings without air conditioning.
McKay called it "one of the buildings on campus most in need of renovation in terms of infrastructure."
The East Asian studies and Near Eastern studies departments have moved to Dillon Court West and will return to Jones next fall.
Aaron Burr Hall, located at the corner of Washington Road and Nassau Street, faces a more extensive makeover. Its classrooms will be renovated and a previous addition to the building will be reworked to allow people to move between floors more easily. The anthropology department, normally in Aaron Burr Hall, will remain at 58 Prospect Ave. for two years.
Further down Washington Road, the plot of land next to Fine Hall remains undisturbed by construction crews. Though architectural plans by Frank Gehry for the new science library have been finalized, the university is still accepting bids from subcontractors to build it. The timetable for construction is still "to be determined," McKay said.
On the north side of campus, wood panels surround the white marble columns of Clio Hall. To provide better access to the first and second floors, Clio will get an elevator like that of its white marble twin, Whig Hall, McKay said.
Once the new addition is finished, the building will house graduate school offices, which are now in Nassau Hall.
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