SF State University, George and Judy Marcus Hall for the Creative Arts

Status

Completed, 2021

Size

75,000 sf

Client

San Francisco State University

Scope

Programming, Concept Design, Schematic Design, Design Development, Construction Documentation, Construction Administration

Project Team

Mark Cavagnero
John Fung
Mark Jewell
Simon Newton
Federica Carrara
Andy Lau

Project Collaborators

General Contractor: McCarthy Building Companies
Civil: CSW/Stuber-Stroeh
Landscape: SWA Group
Structural: Forell/Elsesser
MEP: WSP
Acoustics, AV, Telecom, & Security: Salter
Lighting & Theatre: Apeiro Design
Architectural Photography: Henrik Kam

Special Features

Certified LEED Gold

Description

In 2011, the former College of Creative Arts – of which the Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts (BECA), Music, and Theatre and Dance were a part – merged with the former College of Humanities to become the Marcus Hall.

The Creative Arts Building (CAB) was replaced in four phases, and the complex of four buildings are located on two adjacent sites. SFSU retained Mark Cavagnero Associates to conduct a Site and Program Confirmation Study prior to beginning Schematic Design. The Marcus Hall, Phase 1 occupies a portion of the Tapia Triangle site along with Phase 2 project as the new Center for Arts and Media (CAM).

The new building includes all of the BECA program as well as some interdisciplinary lecture space. The project is conceived as a flexible learning and production environment for teaching electronic media capture, editing and broadcast.

The project was certified LEED Gold in 2023.

Location

Recognition

Awards

AIA California, Architecture Citation Award, 2025
Chicago Athenaeum Museum, American Architecture Awards, Schools and Universities, 2022
Architecture MasterPrize , Educational Buildings, 2022
Chicago Athenaeum Museum, International Architecture Award, 2022
AIA San Francisco, Architecture Citation Award, 2021
BLT Built Design Awards, Architecture – Educational, 2021
International Design Awards, Architecture – Institutional Category – Honorable Mention, 2021