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A model, on view at a Sept. 17 open house for the community, showed a three-sided complex that will be home to the university's Lewis Center for the Arts, as well as several facilities for its Program in Theater and Dance, and the Department of Music. The complex encompasses about 130,000 square feet and three new buildings, which will share a reception area and contain public spaces, including an art gallery, a theater, a dance studio, and a music rehearsal room. 

The structure will also be environmentally friendly, with skylights for daytime lighting, green roofs made of sedium, and geothermal walls beneath the site for temperature control. Chris McVoy, a senior partner at Steven Holl Architects, said, "The complex will be a model when it comes to sustainability." The creation of this new area that more fully integrates the campus and community is just part of the ten-year campus plan proposed by the university at the beginning of this year.