{"id":225163,"date":"2024-04-25T12:19:34","date_gmt":"2024-04-25T16:19:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/?post_type=id_news&p=225163"},"modified":"2024-04-25T12:19:38","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T16:19:38","slug":"upenns-updated-boathouse-by-ewingcole","status":"publish","type":"id_news","link":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/designwire\/upenns-updated-boathouse-by-ewingcole\/","title":{"rendered":"Row Over to UPenn’s Updated Historic Boathouse"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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April 25, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n

Words: <\/span>Lisa Di Venuta<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photography: <\/span>Halkin\/Mason Photography<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Row Over to UPenn’s Updated Historic Boathouse<\/h1>\n\n\n

When University of Pennsylvania, the esteemed Ivy, tapped EwingCole<\/a> to modernize and expand its existing varsity crew facility, located in an 1875 stone boathouse along the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia, a key driver was \u201cjuxtaposing the legacy of rowing with the evolution of the sport\u2019s technology and culture,\u201d lead designer Andrew Donaldson-Evans says. That\u2019s evident in the grand hall of the Burk-Bergman Boathouse, where 150-year-old oak trusses have been restored and discreetly reinforced with steel. Suspended from the beams is an inspirational relic: the Pocock sculling shell that oarsman and later UPenn coach Joe Burk rowed to win and set a record at the 1938 Henley Royal Regatta. Below, original red-framed windows were moved inside, repurposed as a double-sided display case for trophies. They also offer a glimpse into the adjoining addition, the erg training room replete with state-of-the art ergometers (aka rowing machines). There, repointed stone and repaired scarlet shiplap, both once exterior-facing, pair with new white shiplap, a tensile steel ceiling structure, skylights, and a mural of Boathouse Row. It\u2019s a pristine intervention that gives Penn rowing a home base worthy of its Division I status.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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