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In response to the University’s RFP, we visited its program and functionality and the external To that end, we propose to locate a new
and studied the Millikin campus, analyzing its influences of its site and surrounding structures. structure to house the Center on the site of the
organization of buildings and open spaces, And, with the creation of a new building, or existing Richards Treat University Center (RTUC),
pedestrian and vehicular circulation routes, the significant renovation of an existing one, which would be demolished. The new Center
and relationship to the city that surrounds it. a new physical reality takes hold, permanently for Theatre and Dance will provide a strong
Our conversation with the Building Committee affecting, for better or worse, the existing edge to the large quad that emerged with the
at the pre-proposal meeting supplemented context. Our intention, then, is to propose a demolition of Mueller Hall. Unlike the RTUC, the
our objective analysis with the perceptive site that will support the new Center for Theatre new building will address the quad with a large,
observations of those who experience the and Dance and, just as importantly, to envision inviting staircase connecting to an outdoor
campus on a daily basis. As we discussed at how the new Center can strengthen the overall terrace on the second floor of the new Center,
our meeting, a building’s design proceeds, campus context. and a generous curve of windows opening onto a
simultaneously, from the internal requirements of student collaboration at the first floor.

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