Columbia Presents at 2009 University Film & Video Association Conference
Doreen Bartoni (Dean, School of Media Arts), Bruce Sheridan (Chair, Department of Film & Video), and Jeanne Gang (Studio Gang Architects) presented on Columbia's leadership in media education at the 2009 University Film and Video Association Conference in New Orleans in August. In The Architecture of Innovation, Bartoni, Sheridan, and MPC architect Gang focused on how architects and educators can benefit from an understanding of each other’s aims and needs. Gang described how film aesthetics informed her approach to designing a unique building that is both an innovative learning environment and a fully professional film, television, and multimedia production space. Bartoni explained how various media arts disciplines can work together in an appropriately designed facility, and Sheridan covered the ways the MPC is helping his department to rethink film education from the ground up.
Groundbreaking
From the Columbia School of Oratory’s first digs in 1890 at 24 East Adams Street to its current campus comprising 17 academic buildings and five residence halls, the college has been masterful in its reuse and recycling of existing structures. It was a partner, with other universities, in the construction of a “superdorm” at the corner of State Street and Harrison. But it had never constructed a building of its own ... until now.
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Media Production Center gets South Loop home in 2009
The city of Chicago approved the purchase of land at 16th and State street on September 11, 2008, for Columbia to begin building its proposed Media Production Center. The college has been working on obtaining the property for about two years, Doreen Bartoni, dean of the School of Media Arts, said.
City of Chicago paves the way for the MPC
Community Development Commission Recommends Land Sale for Columbia College Chicago’s Media Production Center
The city’s Community Development Commission today unanimously voted to recommend to the City Council the sale of a parcel of land on the southwest corner of 16th and State to Columbia College Chicago for the construction of a Media Production Center. The project, designed by Studio Gang Architects, is the first new construction for the college.
Alderman Pat Dowell, 3rd Ward, voices support for the MPC
The Plan for the MPC Makes Progress
The Community Development Commission voted unanimously to recommend to City Council the sale of the $3.2 million parcel of land for $200,000.
Media Production Center update
A Shade Closer to Green
In an effort to reduce the amount of energy and use sustainable materials in buildings on campus, Columbia joined the U.S. Green Building Council to continue its quest to become more environmentally aware.
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Jeanne Gang Selected To Design Columbia College Chicago’s First New Construction Project
Columbia College Chicago President Dr. Warrick L. Carter, president and Allen M. Turner, chairman of the board of trustees announced today the selection of Jeanne Gang & Studio Gang Architects to design Columbia’s Media Production Center (MPC), the first new construction project undertaken by the arts and media college.
Read more about Jeanne Gang and the MPC architect selection process