Haverford’s new center for Visual Culture, Arts, and Media provides a much needed addition and extra space for the college’s Arts and Humanities department.
The project scope consists of the adaptive reuse of the 19,800 square foot Ryan Gymnasium, constructed in 1900, into an all-encompassing arts facility. The program for the project includes a multi-media/ screening/ performance space, film, media and object study classrooms, seminar rooms, production facilities, white rooms, exhibit spaces, lounges, faculty offices and other ancillary spaces.
The objective for the reuse of the historic building, was to carefully place some of the program elements into the structure while still providing large open spaces with ample daylight. Keast & Hood met the project’s goals with a structural design allowing for a large interior addition. The cube like structure houses larger multi-media/ screening/ performance space of 140 to 150 seats. It is connected to the original track by a glass lobby.
Haverford’s new center for Visual Culture, Arts, and Media provides a much needed addition and extra space for the college’s Arts and Humanities department.
The project scope consists of the adaptive reuse of the 19,800 square foot Ryan Gymnasium, constructed in 1900, into an all-encompassing arts facility. The program for the project includes a multi-media/ screening/ performance space, film, media and object study classrooms, seminar rooms, production facilities, white rooms, exhibit spaces, lounges, faculty offices and other ancillary spaces.
The objective for the reuse of the historic building, was to carefully place some of the program elements into the structure while still providing large open spaces with ample daylight. Keast & Hood met the project’s goals with a structural design allowing for a large interior addition. The cube like structure houses larger multi-media/ screening/ performance space of 140 to 150 seats. It is connected to the original track by a glass lobby.
CLIENT: Haverford College
LOCATION: Haverford, PA
TYPE: Academic, SERVICES: Adaptive Reuse, Renovation, MATERIALS: SUSTAINABILITY: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Final Photography © Lara Swimmer, Renderings © MSR Design
