Muskingum University - Walter Hall

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

STUDIO: BSHM

SIZE: 21,000 SF

Muskingum University is located on a campus of rolling hills

and ridges in New Concord, Ohio. The buildings on campus

all exhibit a similarity in exterior material and have the same

ubiquitous terra cotta tile roofing. This new 21,000 SF

building for the music department sits on a ridge looking

north over a campus lake and back to the town on the

south. Site improvements organize circulation between the

new building’s prominent neighbors while creating a focal

point for the main gateway to the campus from the town. It

contains teaching studios and recital spaces as well as

faculty offices and support space. The exterior follows the prescribed campus palette and materiality while incorporating

contemporary volumes and details sustainable strategies such as the design’s prodigious use of daylighting, and

incorporating locally produced materials reduced the building’s carbon footprint. The project was a joint venture with

designLAB architects of Boston with Jaffe Holden of Connecticut as acoustic consultant.

Construction Cost: $9,700,000