College for Creative Studies, Walter B. Ford II Building

Owner:
College for Creative Studies
Market:
Location:
Detroit, Michigan
Size:
102,700 square feet
Architect:
Gharfari Associates, Inc.
Services:
Construction Management

The Walter B. Ford II classroom building at College for Creative Studies houses four of the college’s 10 academic departments: Animation and Digital Media, Communication Design, Industrial Design and Interior Design.

As part of the $17 million project, Walbridge built an underground link to two adjacent campus buildings, 300 computer workstations, flexible classrooms, video editing suites, production studios, a 250-seat auditorium and mobile liquid crystal display (LCD) units capable of connecting to instructor workstations.