An attraction in Rochester and western New York for more than 40 years, the Strong National Museum of Play further connects to its community with a $71.6-million expansion and renovation—a multiphase project that adds structures, exhibits, amenities and interactive areas on its campus.
The 126,000-sq-ft multidisciplinary building is designed to be a creative hub for innovation by showcasing RIT’s technological and arts programs with five large classrooms, studios for music and dance, a flexible event theater and seven maker/shop spaces ranging from wood and metal shops to 3D printing, electronics and textiles.
Spanning 19 acres, the 330,000-sq-ft facility incorporates shell space of a former shopping mall department store—providing easy access to roadways and public transportation, ample parking and nearby amenities for patients.
Situated in the center of campus, the three-story, 50,000-sq-ft building houses classrooms, instructional and research labs, simulation and training rooms, collaboration and community spaces, and faculty offices.
Adaptive reuse — like turning a former supermarket into a health center — helps overall construction spending to increase slightly more than 2% in 2020, building on 9% projected growth for 2019.
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