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Minnesota
Center for Arts Education
Minnesota Center for Arts Education in Minneapolis, a public school and resource center was created to enhance opportunities in the visual and performing arts. The analysis of the existing campus suggested the need for new buildings while demolishing some deteriorated existing facilities because of excessive renovation costs. By implementing the participatory process, the new design of the campus master plan proposed all new developments to occur around the administrative building, which is expanded to include a new performing arts theatre, dance studios, music rehearsal hall, and technical support area. Workshops included 250 students as well as faculty and State Administration representatives. The expansion also includes science classrooms, laboratory areas, and classrooms for literary arts, social studies, and communication. A research and technology center and media arts complex has been proposed. The overall design emphasizes circulation and way-finding aspects and creating dialogues between the old and the new facilities. Sky-lit spaces have been provided to create an indoor environment that is visually pleasing and amenable to creativity in art.
