KSS Architects of Philadelphia is designing a new addition and renovation for SUNY Cortland that will transform the school�s Studio West, located on the south entrance of the college campus.
The project, which broke ground in October, will add a 20,000-sq-ft, two-story-addition to the east side of Studio West, a 43,000-sq-ft metal panel and red brick building originally constructed in 1948 and renovated in the 1990s. The addition will become the new Professional Studies Building consolidating four of the six departments in the institution’s School of Professional Studies including the Recreation, Parks and Leisure Studies Department and Communication Disorders and Sciences Department with the Kinesiology and Sports Management Departments, along with the dean’s office, in Studio West into a state-of-the-art facility. Additionally, the north side of the building faces a planned future quad that will reinforce its relationship with the Park Center, the college’s athletic facility.