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New Kent State architecture building in 2015
Part of $170 million expansion at Kent campus
by WKSU's KABIR BHATIA


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President Lester Lefton said he wants Kent to look like Ann Arbor, or maybe Austin "without the snow"
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Kent State University's various campus improvement programs were on display Wednesday, detailing $170 million in planned improvements over the next 3 years. WKSU's Kabir Bhatia reports on one project that’s getting international attention.
KSU outlines $170 million expansion

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London architect Zaha Hadid designed the aquatic center for the 2012 Olympics, and now she’s among three dozen firms submitting plans for Kent’s $45 million architecture building. It’s intended to be the centerpiece of Kent’s esplanade, which connects the school to downtown. 

College of Architecture Dean Doug Steidl says Kent’s architecture program is currently spread out among three buildings.

“Peer-to-peer learning is so critical in the creative arts. And those students are doing projects, they’re working at 11:30 at night, the faculty isn’t there, they need to bounce that information, or their ideas, off somebody.”

Steidl says the project will be financed with university bonds, but matching money from alumni and local building companies is also being sought.

The new architecture building is part of the $170 million dollar expansion that includes new art and science buildings, plus almost an acre of solar panels to power Dix Stadium. The University says the expansion should be complete by 2015.
 
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