Brian Thacker

Proposed Floor Plan

Being one of the professors in the Music Industry Studies program, this past fall semester (2011) I was tasked to design a recording studio facility to be constructed in the “new” music building in the space formally used for the University Bookstore. My design was used for the construction of the facility that took place this spring semester (2012), and with the exception of some acoustical treatments construction is complete. This summer the facility is to be completed fitted with professional recording gear, a major step up from the two project level studios I had assembled from my own gear. The facility includes a classroom/console room, a large tracking room (approximately 5,500 cubic feet), two smaller tracking rooms (approximately 2,100  and 1,300 cubic feet respectively), and a small project studio with surround sound and minor video editing capabilities. A center support post the holds up the poured concrete ceiling was a major source of inspiration in the layout of the floor plan. For an instructional facility we could not have had a better space on campus to refit for this project. There is a gallery of photos on  this website of various stages of its construction.