The 1200-acre
land mass that is the campus of Interlochen – the Arts Camp during the summer
and Arts Academy boarding school during the academic year – is an architect’s
dream. Two idyllic lakes sit on either side of the densely wooded property
dotted with small 80-year-old stone and wooden practice huts and various
performance and academic buildings. Interlochen is located just south of
Traverse City, Michigan.
30 years
ago, the international architectural and planning firm, Sasaki Associates, was
engaged to create a campus master plan. Interlochen saw a great need to offer
world class teaching and living facilities to serve arts students in the 21st
century. Also, it had to re-build classic buildings which have become dangerously
out of date.
