Lesley University, Animation Studio

The renovation of a bland, vacant 11,000-square-foot basement space creates a dedicated zone for the Arts and Animation Department for Lesley University. Cutting-edge classrooms, for all forms of animation from stop-motion to virtual effects, include a green screen studio, interdisciplinary workshop, drawing studio, computer labs with rendering farm, and a 130-seat screening room. The new space gives the dispersed animation students a true home.

The design connects with the existing adjacent art studios and is edgy enough to attract new students to the growing program. The design uses Lesley’s core color palette to provide vibrancy to this windowless space. Glowing light boxes at key transition points help mark the “front door” of the animation zone. The new screening room enables students to showcase their work and can be used for lectures to both students and the public. The main corridor walls serve as gallery space for students’ work, with loose, soft seating that gives students a place to call their own.

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