Virginia Tech News reports that a team of graduate students and faculty members is creating the Gate of Knowledge, a public artwork planned for the Blacksburg campus in fall 2027 to celebrate graduate education and the Graduate Life Center’s 20th anniversary.
According to Virginia Tech News, the arch will face the Graduate Life Center from a grassy triangle between the university library and Squires Student Center. The announcement says people walking from Kent Street past the library toward Squires will encounter the structure.
Virginia Tech News reports that the Graduate School formed a planning and advisory committee to commission artwork celebrating the university’s graduate community. The committee selected the Gate of Knowledge proposal in August from a dozen submissions, according to the announcement.
The project team includes Assistant Professor of Architecture Ramtin Haghnazar, doctoral students in design research Yasaman Ashjazadeh and Braden Perryman, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Alex Brand, and Professor of Architecture Kevin Jones, Virginia Tech News reports. The announcement describes the work as an arch and says its creators intend it to support research, teaching, and community-building on campus.
Virginia Tech News says the project was developed to mark the Graduate Life Center anniversary and that the Graduate School’s website has information about contributing to the project. The announcement does not provide a construction schedule beyond the expected fall 2027 appearance, or state a project cost.
