ASU - Turchin Visual Arts Center Addition and Renovation
Boone, NC
The Turchin Center for Visual Arts is a renovation and addition to an existing facility located along the edge of campus that embraces downtown Boone, NC. The site was the former home of the Boone Methodist Church and includes an existing sanctuary building and the attached fellowship hall. Given that the Turchin Center for Visual Arts is the only part of the ASU campus to touch the downtown fabric, the project creates both a physical and symbolic gateway between campus and community.
The program for the 14,000 GSF addition included three unique gallery spaces, a gift shop, a 135-seat auditorium, an outdoor sculpture garden, and a landscaped gateway into campus. The 8,200 GSF renovation of the existing fellowship hall included the creation of new studio spaces, archives, photo lab, and critique spaces.