University of Pennsylvania
Music Building

The renovation and expansion of the Music Building consolidates academic resources dispersed throughout the campus, revitalizes a 19th-century landmark, and provides a new center for faculty and students in the Department of Music.

The exterior of the original building is fully restored and its interior reconfigured for individual faculty studios. The addition is clad with a terracotta rainscreen system, extending the massing, materiality, rhythms, and proportions of the original building. It houses the most acoustically critical programs, including classrooms, recital rooms, practice rooms, and a computer lab/recording studio, as well as graduate student offices and a commons for all music students. The site is redesigned to accommodate a new campus pedestrian network and seating terraces for outdoor classes and campus gatherings.