PROJECT  MICA Leake Hall

LOCATION  , , 

PROJECT COMPLETION DATE  8/16/2013

ARCHITECT  Hord Coplan Macht

ASSOCIATED ARCHITECT  

OWNER/CLIENT  Maryland Institute College of Art

CONTRACTOR  The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company

PHOTOGRAPHER  Patrick Ross; (Ribbon Cutting Photos taken by Phylicia Ghee)

DESIGN TEAM  Monica Robertson, Chris Harvey, Tina Pogliani, Hong Zhu, Jamie Black, Beret Dickson, Kallie Sternburgh, Daniel Wiechert, Ed Hord, David Hunter

SUMMARY DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT:

Leake Hall, a new residence hall at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), adds much needed beds for the ever expanding needs of students who want to live on campus as part of their experience. The new building accommodates students with dynamic common area spaces on the first floor including a black box performance space, artist studios, gallery space, multifunctional space, as well as a tiered lecture hall. There is even a late night dining option for students with evening classes. The tight, urban site is located within Baltimore’s Bolton Hill neighborhood. Leake Hall is contextual to the neighborhood while embracing a more modern aesthetic that is found elsewhere on MICA’s campus. The exterior design needed to respond two audiences, the historic neighborhood and the dynamic arts college. Leake Hall balances the two with an approach that is both contextual and contemporary in its interpretation of the surrounding forms. Using materials that blend with the nearby homes, the design embraces a more modern aesthetic that is found elsewhere on MICA’s campus. Outwardly, Leake Hall engages the neighborhood with a strong brick façade holding North Avenue. The base of the building along this edge features a lecture hall and an art studio with glass walls allowing passersby to literally see into the college and the students at work. The building looks inward to the college presenting an edgier image using metal panels and corten steel accents. Leake Hall adds much needed student housing beds for the ever expanding needs of students who want to live on campus as part of their experience. The new building accommodates 200 students with dynamic common area spaces on the first floor – a black box theater that opens to a plaza and interior garden, artist studios, multifunctional space, as well as a tiered lecture hall. Above, three floors of residential space include dorm room clusters, common rooms and resident assistant apartments.

IMAGE CAPTIONS & CREDITS

IMAGE 1  File Name: MICA LEAKE HALL_high res ext Caption: Entrance at Dusk. Credit: Patrick Ross

IMAGE 2  File Name: MICA LEAKE HALL_high res int Caption: The Lobby, Black Box Theater and Courtyard connected through open doors. Credit: Patrick Ross

IMAGE 3  File Name: MICA LEAKE HALL_IMAGE01 Caption: Brick Façade holding North Avenue. Credit: Patrick Ross

IMAGE 4  File Name: MICA LEAKE HALL_IMAGE02 Caption: Black Box Theater. Credit: Patrick Ross

IMAGE 5  File Name: MICA LEAKE HALL_IMAGE03 Caption: Black Box Theater Entrance. Credit: Phlicia Ghee

IMAGE 6  File Name: MICA LEAKE HALL_IMAGE04 Caption: Lecture Hall. Credit: Patrick Ross

IMAGE 7  File Name: MICA LEAKE HALL_IMAGE05 Caption: Entrance. Credit: Phylicia Ghee

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