Columbia College Chicago Media Production Center

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Studio Gang Architects Columbia College Chicago Media Production Center
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Columbia College Chicago
Media Production Center
Location
Chicago
Status
Built 2010
Client
Columbia College Chicago
By making typically behind-the-scenes
aspects of the filmmaking process visible,
the Columbia College Media Production
Center is more than a building in which
learning takes place: it is itself a valuable
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Type
Cultural, Educational, Office
teaching and media production tool.
Size
35,000 sf
Sustainability
Certified LEED Gold
Tags
Classroom, Theater, Campus
Featuring three large sound stages for instruction in film,
video, and motion capture, as well as teaching space for
lighting, set-making, directing, and animation classes, the
Media Production Center is a professional-quality facility
whose design encourages a new level of interdisciplinary
collaboration among students and faculty.
The first new construction building in Columbia’s 118-year
history, it is also a new model for sustainability in a
discipline known for its high energy consumption.
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The main soundstage is sized to allow multiple classes to participate during
filmmaking.
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The Media Production Center facade is designed to generate new visibility for the
school by harnessing the materiality of light to energize the exterior of the
building and provide a colorful identity in a busy urban setting.
Consultant Team
Awards
dbHMS, MEP
Citation of Merit, Distinguished
Building Award, Design Excellence
Awards, AIA Chicago, 2010
Magnusson Klemencic Associates, structural
engineering
SPACECO, Inc., civil engineering
SITE Design Group, Ltd., landscape architect
Threshold Acoustics, acoustical
US Equities, project manager
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Columbia College Chicago Media Production Center

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