View the floor plans for the lower level .

The lower level features:

Fab Lab

• Share designs and knowledge internationally
• Community use with membership available
• Professional prototyping
• High-precision milling machines, 3D printing, inkjet printing and lasercutting
• Capabilities for programming and hardware development

Makerspace

• Comprehensive inventory of power tools
• Programming emphasizes both safety and innovation
• Framing, sculpture and furniture design capabilities
• Community use with membership available

Photography Studio

• Cutting-edge documentation studio
• Greenscreening capabilities
• Access to high-end photography equipment

Business Incubator Space

• Room for start-up companies to launch businesses
• Space for meeting with clients
• Access to Fab lab and Makerspace
• Promotes innovation and new creative energy
• Provides a model of professional practices for students

Project Incubator Space

• Studio for student innovation and advanced projects
• Collaborative workspace

Collections Storage

• Climate-controlled space for University art collection
• Museum-level storage systems
• Workroom for scholarly research on collection
• Home to close to 800 objects in the permanent collection

Making Artwork/General Education Classroom

• Classroom space designed for general education art courses
• Easily adaptable classroom design for multi-purpose use
• Capabilities for relief printing, paper making, painting, drawing and collage
• Available to community for group reservations

View the floor plans for the first level.

The first level features:

Art and Design Gallery

• Monthly rotating exhibitions of contemporary artists
• Studio art and Design student exhibitions
• Annual Faculty exhibition
• 2000 square feet of exhibition space

New Media Gallery

• HD projector for electronic and video works of art and design
• Precision audio system
• Adaptable space for creating interactive and immersive electronic environments

Lecture Hall

• 50 person capacity, unlike any other lecture space on campus
• HD projection system
• Outstanding acoustics
• Open for campus-wide use

Reception Hall

• Historically preserved 1918-era atrium
• Original fixtures, terrazzo floor and 7-foot marble walls
• Illuminated by skylight
• Beautiful event space

University Galleries

• Exhibits of the university's permanent collection
• World-class collection of Katsina dolls donated by Don Redlich
• Grade-A climate-controlled space
• 1800 square feet of exhibition space
• Museum-grade curation
• Free public access
• Extended evening and weekend hours

Lobby/Back Entrance

• New all-glass back entrance welcomes students from campus
• Student lounge and study areas
• Easy access to galleries and classroom spaces

View the floor plans for the second level .

The second level features:

I-Design Studios

• House WSU's cutting-edge design program
• Collaborative classroom designs embody Design Thinking
• Classrooms accommodate all levels of design program
• High-tech displays, software and hardware

Computer Lab:

• 24/7 student access
• Interactive "Wacom" drawing tablets
• Adaptable space can become classroom

Critique/Break-out classroom:

• Pinnable walls to hang proofs and drafts
• Environment for intensive discussion, criticism and group work
• Projection and tech capabilities

Seminar Room

• Historically-preserved room honors 1918-era Laird Norton conference room
• Ideal learning space for upper-level Art History seminars
• Open for campus-wide use

Library

(small space between I-Design studios called "Lounge" on plans)

• Houses Art and Design literature and reference texts
• Quiet study area

Restaurant

(currently called lounge with coffee area on plans)

• Full service kitchen
• Affordable, healthy food options catered to students
• Comfortable seating areas

Lounge

(back of building)

• Student meeting space for group work
• All-glass wall allows views of Winona and the bluffs
• Combination of contemporary architecture

Open Office

• Faculty work in an open office environment that encourages collaboration and collegiality
• Full-time and part-time faculty can work side-by-side
• Open office promotes pooling of faculty resources
• Small meeting rooms provide private spaces faculty to advise students