The largest construction project on the RIT campus in more than 50 years remains on track to open in fall 2023.
When complete, the Student Hall for Exploration and Development (SHED), a high-tech complex that will centralize the university’s makerspace and performing arts, will cover more than 120,000 square feet of new construction as well as more than 83,000 square feet of renovations in two existing buildings, said James Yarrington, RIT university architect and director of Planning and Design Services.
The SHED is intended to facilitate collaboration among students on project teams, in performing arts groups, and among those who use the makerspaces. The building will house individual rehearsal spaces, a large dance instruction studio, and a music rehearsal studio. Instructional space within the complex will create 27 new classrooms and 1,500 additional seats.
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