The Schumo Academic Building was designed to fit into the existing historic campus while providing a distinctly modern gallery and public ceremony space for the campus – will enable the school to expand their enrollment and offerings through the provision of flexible academic and science instruction space. The gallery opens upon a campus plaza that will support a variety of public and private uses for students, faculty, and visitors, including outside graduation.

PLANNING APPROACH:
The historically sensitive campus embraced the creation of this new 3-story facility at the crossroads of campus flow. This included a detailed programming process with faculty and students, as well as a variety of modeling studies led to a design which wraps a traditional “L-shape” around an open, modern gallery space, and pedestrian plaza.