2024-11-23T08:39:45-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150398658/pittsburgh-s-institute-for-contemporary-art-reveals-zgf-designed-expansion-at-carnegie-mellon-university Josh Niland 2023-11-13T14:13:00-05:00 >2024-10-25T04:07:38-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/f7/f75a90b86967c1c1a859880de827288c.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p><a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/106330/zgf-architects-llp" target="_blank">ZGF Architects</a> has announced plans for an expansion of the Miller Institute for Contemporary Art at <a href="https://archinect.com/cmusoa" target="_blank">Carnegie Mellon University</a> in Pittsburgh.</p> <p>As part of the design, the soon-to-be-renamed Institute for Contemporary Art Pittsburgh will increase in size by three times its current operating capacity. Located near other important cultural institutions inside of the new Richard King Mellon Hall of Sciences at the edge of Carnegie Mellon&rsquo;s campus on Forbes Avenue, the 29,000-square-foot space serves as an interdisciplinary &ldquo;advocate for new ideas and an aggregator of communities&rdquo; in dialogue with the neighboring Carnegie Museum of Art and a growing audience of scholars, students, and faculty.</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/4b/4b14df29bb428b2fb9acf5891123f145.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/4b/4b14df29bb428b2fb9acf5891123f145.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Image: Atchain, courtesy Carnegie Mellon University</figcaption></figure><p>The program calls for a 338,000-square-foot complex of buildings to be divided into two components: a looping wing that contains the ICA and other university spaces, and a set-back tower that will be the new home of the CMU Mellon College of Science ...</p>