A “vertical campus”, the facility adds three performance venues to the Conservatory’s roster, doubling the quantity of performance spaces for the school and provides affordable housing for the student population. The facility includes classrooms, rehearsal rooms, offices, lounges, flexible event space and roof terrace for faculty and students, as well as an on-site café and short-term faculty housing.

The lighting for the state-of-the-art facility features warm-dim technology in the public and flexible events spaces, allowing the color of the LED downlights to gradually change and warm as the lights dims for special events and performance nights, simulating incandescent light. The house lighting in the performance spaces has the capability to color change so any color of light can be used to enhance the performance environment. All the lighting was thoughtfully programmed in coordination with facilities staff to support daily student activity and special events throughout the week and year.

Apeiro Design also designed the lighting for the offices and broadcast studio of radio station KDFC in the same building, as well as the San Francisco Conservatory of Music’s nearby main location at 50 Oak Street.