Landfill Gas Applications: Landfill gas will be the primary fuel for the gas-fired-kilns on the Craft Campus. The gas will also meet general heating and cooling requirements for the studio.

Suggestions and Needs for Clay Studio: These notes represent a preliminary vision of the Craft Campus developed early in 2004.

• A working critique room (600 square feet with 12 foot ceilings) --concrete floor, no windows, big double doors or roll-up door (8x10 foot) large enough for fork lift to enter
• Formal space -- a grid system above and open ceiling with exposed roof structure , for hanging heavy work
• Storage closet and photography room off the crit room -- Storage for pedestals and other equipment, a permanent set-up for photographing document work (300 square feet)
• A shower in each bathroom allowing students to clean up before returning to campus
• Loading dock needed for clay deliveries
• Natural light through skylights
• Covered but open areas -- Clay mixing area, clay reclamation area and storage area for dry clay and chemicals for glazes; must be moisture free (500 square feet)
• Hammer-mill to grind into a grog for clay; area can be shared with sculpture program
• Trench/drain in concrete floor with large trap
• Space for B.F.A. majors (4500 square feet)
• Space for beginner and intermediate students (750 square feet)
• 19 potters' wheels in a throwing area (24x30 feet)
• Handbuilding area in the same space with 4x8 foot tables
• Two sinks in B.F.A. area, two sinks in beginning/intermediate area
• Glaze room in separate sections
       - Mixing raw materials (400 square feet)
       - Application of glazes (400 square feet)
       - Spray booth with a water wall and sand
         filtering system (24 square feet)
• Slip casting room
• Drying room with shelves for bisque and for glaze (500 square feet)
• Compressed air supplied throughout the building
• Polycarbonate roof
• Covered breezeways with lockers between buildings for student storage and interaction