Size: 45,873 SF Renovations; 83, 957 SF Addition
Location: Mechanicsburg, PA
Services/Scope Provided: Planning Services, Architectural Design, Interior Design

The renovation of the existing building was the conversion of the existing recital hall to a black box theater with a new gallery level. It also included support spaces, which included dressing rooms, toilet rooms, control room, and passageways to the new addition.

The Building Program included; Music Department - new 950-seat Symphony / Worship Hall; fully equipped audio, visual and lighting, and pipe organ; 125-seat Recital Hall; Offices for Dean and Department Chair; 12 or more Faculty Offices; approximately 20 practice rooms; 3 Rehearsal Halls (Chamber, Choral, Instrument); 3 – 40 seat Classrooms with 1 Keyboard Studio, Library; complete Recording Studio; storage and support spaces on multiple floor levels; Theater Department - Black Box Theater, portable seating for approximately 100, with supporting Green Room and ancillary spaces; state-of-the art theatrical lighting and sound controls; dance studio, and other art, graphic and sculpture studios / classrooms.

The Program continues with the Site - a triangular sloping parcel, remote from parking, bounded by the current Fine Arts Building, two primary Campus roads, a flood-prone Creek, an active Freight Railroad, and the Original Campus Entrance. Additional renovations upgraded and replaced out-dated and overworked infrastructure above and below grade.