SUNY’s new 75,000 SF Center for Media, Film and Theatre creates a combined center for the School of Theater Arts, the School of Film & Media Studies, and related arts program. The facility includes hands-on instructional spaces, technical spaces and presentation spaces. The project scope includes demolition of the bookstore at the Plaza Level and renovation of spaces currently used for receiving, storage and mail room functions.

Design of the mechanical and electrical systems for the new facility required that systems be integrated with the existing central cooling and heating plant, and the existing distribution of chilled water and heating water. The existing distribution through and about the areas of the Center were reconfigured and re-routed to accommodate the new construction, including a high voltage electrical feeder to the PAC. To accommodate the proposed use of the tunnels and spaces in the Lower Level, relocation of some of the existing distribution systems were required while existing equipment rooms remained unchanged.