The new Creative Arts Center (CAC) is envisioned as a major new performing arts and broadcast center for the region and home to SF State’s acclaimed programs in theater, music, dance, and broadcast and electronic communications arts. The center will house facilities and offices for the College of Creative Arts, BECA, the School of Music and Dance, and the Department of Theatre Arts, including a 1,200-seat theater/orchestral hall, 450-seat thrust stage, 300-seat music recital hall, television and radio broadcast studios, classrooms, and workshops. The project will be designed and constructed to meet U.S. Green Building Council LEED "Gold" standards.

The Creative Arts Center is a landmark project for the University. As the first building designed under the University’s new campus master plan, the Creative Arts Center is key to establishing the organizing framework of the campus and will set the bar for responsive and sustainable design. As the western gateway to the campus, the building will serve as an icon for San Francisco State.

The new Creative Arts Center is planned for construction in three phases. When complete, the facility will provide a total of 169,505 assignable square feet/240,697 gross square feet and capacity for 1,420 FTE. To assure a successful overall project, the entire project will be designed through the completion of the schematic phase. From the start of the preliminary design phase forward, the focus of the design work will be Phase 1 of the project.

The new complex will include performance venues and rehearsal studios, including a 1,200-seat theater/orchestra hall, 450-seat thrust stage, 300-seat music recital hall, practice rooms, production and postproduction facilities for radio, television, video and other broadcasting, communications, and electronic media programs; an audio recording studio; interactive media laboratories; as well as offices, teaching labs, lecture classrooms, and computer labs. Phasing is planned as follows:



					ASF
Phase One	Administration - Dean's offices				2,420
	College-wide instructional and office spaces				5,800
	Large Auditorium / Theater (1,200 seats)				38,000
					46,220
Phase Two	Theatre Arts				28,390
	Black Box (250 seats)				5,250
	Little Theater (450 seats)				12,450
	Shared theater support				300
					46,390
Phase Three	Music & Dance				31,570
	Broadcast & Electronic Communication Arts (BECA)				30,875
	Choral Rehearsal Hall				2,475
	Orchestra Rehearsal Hall				3,275
	Music Recital Hall				8,050
	Shared music support				650
					76,895
	Total ASF				169,505

Michael Maltzan Architecture (MMA) is the designer for the project and has assembled a team of experienced consultants well versed in this building type, including Guy Nordenson Associates and Simpson Gumpertz Heger, structural engineering; IBE Consulting Engineers, MEP engineering; KPFF, civil engineering; Hargreaves Associates, landscape architecture; Fisher Dachs Associate, theater planning; Nagata Acoustics; HLB Lighting; Sonitus, A/V and broadcast design; Plannet, IT; HKA, elevator consulting; and Schrimer Engineering, fire life safety.

The construction delivery method for the project is Construction Manager at Risk (CM at Risk) with a Guaranteed Maximum Price.  McCarthy Building Companies is the CM at Risk providing pre-construction phase services.

MMA has completed the conceptual design for the project.