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Project info
| Size | 87,521 sq ft |
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The School of Communication and Media building is an approximately 71,000-square-foot facility that joins together two existing buildings, Morehead Hall and Life Hall, to create a single, multi-functional communications and multimedia facility. The building creates a hands-on learning environment that rivals many professional facilities with leading edge technology - 4K and high definition television control rooms and studios, a film studio and screening room, a multi-faceted audio production center, the multi-platform News Lab, mediated classrooms, labs, specialty rooms, a 150-seat presentation hall, and acting and dance studios.
The quad area directly outside the building is part of a multi-phase exterior project featuring a center pathway lined with larger trees and bordered by lawn areas, ornamental trees and plantings, benches, seating areas, and new lighting.
Project Team:
Project Manager: Sharon Mahoney
Architect: CannonDesign
Construction: Epic Management, Inc.
Some of the LEED-specific features include:
• The building is sited on an area that was previously developed.
• Both bus and rail transportation options are within a half-mile walking distance.
• The site is near to basic services such as places of worship, a convenience store, day care center, library, park, police department, school, restaurants, theaters, community center, fitness center, and museums.
• Exterior landscaping includes water efficient and native plantings that do not require irrigation systems.
• Separate collection of refuse and recyclables with color-coded storage containers to avoid contamination of the waste stream.
• Smoking is prohibited in the building and within 25 feet of entries, outdoor air intakes and operable windows.
• A 40% reduction of water use in flush & flow fixtures.
• An 18% improvement in the proposed building’s energy performance rating compared to the baseline building rating.
• Over 75% of construction & demolition debris was either salvaged or recycled during construction.