LVDA started with a detailed and comprehensive analysis of the many stakeholder’s space, program and adjacency requirements. The outcome of this collaborative effort has produced a design that ties the complex together into a single, visually and organizationally coherent structure. The project improves and clarifies building organization and department identities while introducing social spaces and contemporary technology specific to art and humanities education.The most exciting aspect of the Kresge Hall expansion was the opportunity to collaborate with the University to investigate and define state-of-the-art teaching facilities for the Humanities in a manner comparable to the innovations more frequently seen today in STEM educationThe project involves a complete building renovation and the demolition/expanded reconstruction of a wing that connects Kresge Hall with an earlier addition.LVDA provided a detailed and comprehensive analysis of the various stakeholders’ space and program needs. The final design will be a collaborative effort between stakeholder groups and the design team that ties the complex together into a single, visually coherent structure. The final design improves building organization and programs’ identities while incorporating ‘third’ spaces and contemporary technologies specific to art and language education.