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I A th ei N fe ai Cl Ii C P C a a il y V f. c a a t 1 c ( News Page 2 Ihc Blue Banner — Serving the University of North C>arolina at Asheville sinee 1982 Thursday, March 1,2007 Ken Gaylord above, the head architect on the Pisgah Hou.se project, gives a preZtaSoSyT” and alumni about the new building, which is energy elTident and serve as the chancellor’s residence. Pisgah House plans underway Mw building will serve as the ehancellor’s residence and a meeting house for public events By Sara Pardys Staff WurrER Several planners for Pisgah House, the future residence for Chancellor Anne Ponder and future chancellors as well as a space for public events, discus.sed plans for the building Monday night in the Owen Hall Conference Center. ii ?? Pisgah House will be energy efficient and will he built using sustainable construction prac tices, materials and equip ment. Merianne Epstein Public Information Director “This is not the McMansion,” said Bill Massey, vice chancellor of alumni and development. The house will be at the corner of W.T. Weaver Boulevard and Broadway, next to the Forest Service facility. The living space for the chancellor and her family will only make up a portion of the building, while the other part serves as a house for public events for the university and community, according to Ken Gaylord, lead architect for the project. The Pisgah House will be envi ronmentally friendly, according to Gaylord. “Pisgah House will be energy efficient and will be built using This program intends to iden tify and recognize green build ings. feN Gavtord ('hief .Vrchircct sustainable construction practices, materials and equipment,” said Merianne Epstein, UNC Asheville public information director. The building will al.so comply with the principles of the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Green Building Rating System, accord ing to Gaylord. “This program intends to identi fy and recognize green buildings,” Gaylord said. Pisgah House will have solar powered hot water installations and will be built with aerated auto clave concrete as opposed to brick, according to Gaylord. The developers hope to get Healthy Built Homes Certification, as well. To receive certification, they would have to build the house according to cer tain guidelines. Depending on how many guidelines the builders and developers meet, the house will receive either silver or gold certifi cation. “We may only get silver, but we’re going for the gold,” Gaylord said. The UNC Asheville Foundation rai.sed more than $1.5 million in private suppiort for the public por tion of the building, grounds and the building’s infrastructure, according to Epstein. No part of the funding for the project will come from student tuition or fees. The sale of the chancellor’s residence on Macon Avenue will fund most of the resi dential portion of the building. Gaylord said he hopes to achieve a type of Blue Ridge architecture that looks native to Asheville. “This house should feel like it belongs in Asheville and it doesn’t belong anywhere else,” Massey said. The house will be somewhat v- shaped, with four different fierson- alities, according to Gaylord. The front door, which the pub lic will use as an entrance will make up the first side. On anoth er side, the great room will lead into a garden, so people can flow in and out of the house. The gar den will help contribute to the green-friendly feel of the house. The third side will act as a serv ice entrance, where caterers can make deliveries and will face Broadway, the noisiest side, according to Gaylord. “This is not a facility to over whelm the neighborhood,” Massey said. Those involved in the project committed themselves to design ing a facility that honors the neighborhood in scale and style and opens out to lawns and park like areas, “creating a front porch for the university,” which will become a place for meet ings, gatherings, discussion and entertainment, according to Epstein. Developers plan to coordinate parking for the Pisph House with the Forest Service facility so less of the natural surround ing is lost in paving, according to Gaylord. “We’re actually hoping that we can restore it to native forest,” said Stephen Baxley, associate vice chancellor for campus operations. “In our culture, there’s a discon nect between the academic world and the practicing world,” Baxley said. “We’d like to have the bene fit of the latest state of the art ii ?? This house should feel like it belongs in Asheville and it doesn’t belong anywhere else. Bill Massey Mce Chancellor of Alumni & Development information that people in the aca demic setting would have access to.” According to Baxley, there is a chance that students will have an opportunity to do internships at the Pisgah House. “We would like very much to have a regular interaction with the students,” he said. Pisgah House, a project started before Ponder’s arrival, will serve as a residence for all future UNC Asheville chancellors. The University of North Carolina school system requires that all uni versities have on-campus housing for the chancellor, according to Epstein. For information on intern ships, contact Stephen Baxley, sbaxley@unca.edu or 828-232-5031. GIFT CONTINUED FROM “I proposed what was essential ly the GIFT program and got it,” Himelein said. . The professorship is awarded to a faculty member for a two-year period, and Himelein received $8,000 to spend on the GIFT ii where they are and gets them going and gets them moving,” Heetderks said. Through the program, each family is paired with a student, who acts as the family’s mejitor, according to Himelein. “Every student in the class is 99 program during popportu ... this time, she , , . , „ in the class is said. ^ paired with one Before partic- hands-on experience. ipating in GIFT, and they mentor students must that family, enroll in Program Creator they go to their homes before the program begins and meet them and ask them some questions,” Himelein said. “They call them each week and make sure that they are doing okay, and if they miss a session, they call them and find out what is going on or if they need help or have any concerns.” The families participate in a variety of activities like a scav enger hunt, African dance, soccer with a beach ball and more, according to Himelein. “We do a mix of activities for the whole fami- ^ X-I t -rv** 7 1 said m Practicum and Family Wellness and receive per mission from Himelein to do so, she said. “They are terrific students who are true believers who really believe in fitness and exercise and have a personal interest in it,” Himelein said. Many people struggle xvith weight throughout their lives, according to Ali Rahimzadeh, junior psychology student. “I myself have struggled with it, and I have tried to change my own lifestyle and I do feel better as a result,” Rahimzadeh said. Luella Heetderks, senior health and wellness promotion student and intern for the program, said she also struggled with weight and exercise. “I’m a person that didn’t use to exercise at all. I used to hate exer cise,” said Heetderks. As she became more physically fit, she took interest in the GIFT program because it gets people active, according to Heetderks. “Over the last few years, as I have lost weight and become a more physically fit person, I have been really drawn to the GIFT program because of the whole concept that it starts with people “Any day that we can be out side, we are,” Himelein said For the adults, there are plenh of activities as well. “My goal in working with ft adults was to introduce them to ■ lot of variety so they could fw something that fit with what ftn wanted to do,” Heetderks said It is exciting to participate in ft program and get to work wift children, according Rahimzedah. “I have grown up in a large fan. ily, so I am used to being around families in general,” Rahimzadef, said. Everyone involved is expen- encing everything together according to Himelein. For me, this was an opportuni ty to give people a really qualm hands-on experience,” Himelein said. “It is a fantastic, true service learning experience for students.” GIFT is a great program because it integrates the students and the university within the com munity, according Rahimzehdah. “It integrates the community X with 99 Himelein the last few years, as have lost weight and become a The first few more physically fit person, / more as an insti- sessions include have been really drawn to the tution the com family activities GIFT program. munity will be and gradually more aware the groups are LuelLA HeetDERKS about," broken down as Health & Wellness Student Rahimzehdak participants are said, more comfortable with their sur- GIFT is a truly dynamic pro-i roundings, according to gram, according to Heetderks Himelein. The younger kids do things like kickball, water balloon fights and any sort of game that take place outside, weather permitting, according to Himelein.
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