Corn Center for the Visual Arts

Our architectural team collaborated with HGA and Acoustic Distinctions on the design of the new 175,000 SF Corn Center for the Visual Arts in historic downtown Columbus. The facility provides Columbus State
University’s nationally accredited art and theater programs with state-of-the-art program spaces.

The Center provides individual “area of interest” creative studios, including classrooms, gallery, and exhibition space. Other facilities include a 350-seat proscenium theatre, a 150-seat “Black Box” studio
theatre, classrooms, lecture halls, and rehearsal spaces. Both the Art and Theatre disciplines include multiple computer and graphics labs. The consolidation of Art and Theatre adjacent to the existing Downtown Schwob School of Music consolidates all of the arts into CSU’s RiverPark campus.

We provided structural engineering for the entire project. In addition, we provided MEP engineering for the studio theater, classrooms, lecture halls, and rehearsal spaces.

“The center creates not only dynamic new academic maker and performance spaces but lends a vibrant presence to downtown Columbus’s popular river walk.” – Donald Runnicles