UTC Partnership for Preservation
Preserve Chattanooga partners with the University of Tennessee Chattanooga (UTC) Interior Architecture and Design program on two historic preservation initiatives - the annual senior thesis projects and a minor in historic preservation.
Senior Thesis
Each year, the senior class of the Interior Architecture and Design program select a historic building in need of a new use. The students spend the year focusing on an adaptive reuse concept and produce design boards and construction documents to support it. Preserve Chattanooga works with the students to select a building, provides guidance on preservation matters, and selects the top three projects to receive awards for vision, design, and preservation.
Minor in Historic Preservation
Preserve Chattanooga partners with UTC to provide adjunct professors for the minor in Historic Preservation. The minor compliments majors in interior design, archaeology, anthropology among others. Courses include Introduction to Historic Preservation, Survey of Architecture, and Field Documentation of Historic Buildings.