VTC Nearing Completion – Tag Along on a Tour!

On March 18th, the Junior League of Roanoke Valley Sustainers took one of the first group tours of the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine and Research Institute. Highlights of the tour are posted below, including video clips of the library behind the distinctive three-story curved glass wall, and main lecture hall.

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Looking out from the library

View if Carilion's 3 Riverside and the Mill Mountain Star

View of Carilion's 3 Riverside and the Mill Mountain Star

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Anatomy Lab – students will interact with instructors via flat screen monitors on the wall
The grand lecture hall

The grand lecture hall

Large screen is actually special High Definition paint - the paint contains special reflective crystals. At $200 per gallon it's expensive, but less expensive, and easier to mainain than a traditional hanging screen.
The projection screen is actually special high-definition paint.

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The main entrance atrium between the medical school and research facility.
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One of the research laboratories
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