{"id":2214,"date":"2015-01-12T12:04:20","date_gmt":"2015-01-12T17:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/consigli.wpengine.com\/?p=2214"},"modified":"2020-12-09T11:06:09","modified_gmt":"2020-12-09T16:06:09","slug":"building-micro-brooklyn-brewery-culinary-institute-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.consigli.com\/building-micro-brooklyn-brewery-culinary-institute-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Building a \u201cMicro\u201d Brooklyn Brewery at The Culinary Institute of America"},"content":{"rendered":"
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HYDE PARK, NY \u2013 <\/strong>Construction is currently underway for a $25 million expansion at The Culinary Institute of America\u2019s (CIA) Student Recreation Center in Hyde Park. Constructed by Kirchhoff-Consigli Construction Management (KCCM), the newly transformed Student Commons will almost double the size of the existing Student Recreation Center from 55,000 square feet to 100,000 square feet, including a microbrewery\u2014the Brooklyn Brewery\u2019s latest educational outpost. Designed to evoke an old warehouse, this teaching brewery is the most recent result of the CIA\u2019s 25-year partnership with the Brooklyn-based brew masters.<\/p>\n The new Student Commons will house a fully operational seven-barrel microbrewery, on view through a glass-walled exterior, which will serve as a classroom for the CIA\u2019s Advanced Wine, Beverage and Hospitality curriculum. In addition to its role as a classroom, the brewery will also sponsor continuing education programs and produce four signature beers for the CIA.<\/p>\n The centerpiece of the expansion, called \u201cThe Egg\u201d is an oval area that will host a range of dining options, including menus developed by CIA kitchens, a caf\u00e9, pastry shop, pop-up restaurant space and a marketplace for fresh provisions.<\/p>\n Architects Noelker and Hull, in collaboration with nationally renowned interior architect, Adam Tihany\u2014famous for his design of luxury hotels and restaurants\u2014designed the new Student Commons which also incorporates state-of-the art recreation facilities and a new dean\u2019s wing.<\/p>\n Construction completion is scheduled for summer 2015.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" HYDE PARK, NY \u2013 Construction is currently underway for a $25 million expansion at The Culinary Institute of America\u2019s (CIA) Student Recreation Center in Hyde Park. Constructed by Kirchhoff-Consigli Construction Management (KCCM), the newly transformed Student Commons will almost double the size of the existing Student Recreation Center from 55,000<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"\n