The New Media Arts Center at the soap factory was an academic proposal for an adaptive reuse project in an industrial part of Minneapolis, MN. The program called for an addition of 90,000 SF with varying program pieces of: cinema spaces, high end electronic retail, art gallery and workshops. This complex problem also dealt with urban issues and how a building can act as a catalyst to bring life to an otherwise abandoned piece of the city.
Status: School Project
Location: Minneapolis, MN, US