The Imperial Centre for the Arts and Sciences is a cultural and educational complex. The former Imperial Tobacco Factory processing plant complex (c.1903) was abandoned and dilapidated prior the renovation. The project transformed the Tobacco Factory and former Brazwell Memorial Library (c.1914) into six Art Galleries, the Cummins Planetarium, Children’s Museum, an Animal Habitat Center, and a 500-seat Performing Arts Center.
MEP engineering for this cultural and educational complex featuring six art galleries, the Cummins Planetarium, a children’s museum, an animal habitat center, and a 500-seat performing arts theater.
The new arts and sciences campus is designed with systems focused on efficiency, comfort, and sustainability. High-efficiency gas-fired condensing boilers generate space heating, while air-cooled chillers provide cooling. The design also incorporates energy- and water-saving strategies such as variable-speed pumping and energy recovery from exhaust air streams.
OWNER: City of Rocky Mount
TIMEFRAME: 2003 – 2006
SIZE: 145,000
COST: $32 million