Visual Arts Building
College of Visual and Performing Arts
George Mason University, Fairfax, Va.
Completion: 2008
Size: 100,000 gsf
Cost: $14.5 million
ASG is programming and designing a visual arts building for GMU's College of Visual and Performing Arts near Washington, D.C. The project consists of 88,990 sf on three stories adjacent to a new public quad. The design is intended to provide the flexibility to accommodate changes in teaching methods and curriculum. The program includes administrative and faculty spaces, a gallery, general and art education classrooms and academic and studio spaces for painting/drawing, interarts, digital arts, graphic design, sculpture, photography and printmaking. A 75- seat lecture hall is included on the upper level. The plan also accommodates a student lounge and café.
ASG won a Baltimore Chapter AIA Design Award in 2006 for this building. |
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