Center Building

Future Home

The new Carsey-Wolf Center for Film, Television, and New Media, designed by Kallman, McKinnell and Wood, broke ground in March 2007.  Please see link to the 24-hour web-cam to see the progress on the Carsey-Wolf Center including Pollock Theater and the larger Social Sciences and Media and Gevirtz Graduate School of Education academic building complex

Construction Webcam

The Center's permanent home, a multifaceted teaching, research, performance, creation and gathering space will include:

• 300-seat Pollock Public Film Theater, a state-of-the-art media exhibition hall
• Michael Douglas Lobby, a gathering space at the entrance to the Pollock Theater
• Wallis Annenberg Conference Room
• Scott and Jennifer Frank Screening Room
• Production suite with sound stage, editing and animation labs, and screening rooms
• Multi-use seminar and teaching rooms
• Digital media research labs

About the Architects

The new Carsey-Wolf Center for Film, Television, and New Media at UCSB is designed by the reknowned architecture firm of Kallmann, McKinnell and Wood of Boston, Massachusetts, known for such projects as Boston City Hall, The American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Peabody-Essex MuseumÍs Asian Export Wing, Harvard University Business SchoolÍs Shad Hall and Harvard Law SchoolÍs Hauser Hall, the Miller Performing Arts Center at Alfred University, Princeton UniversityÍs Louis Marx Jr. Hall, and the Bass Center for Molecular and Structural Biology at Yale University.

KMW has received numerous national and regional awards. Among them are eight AIA Honor Awards, three AIA/Brick In Architecture Awards and 13 design awards from the Boston Society of Architects (BSA). In addition, KMW holds 6 Harleston Parker Medals awarded jointly by the BSA and The City of Boston for design of "the most beautiful building" in Boston's metropolitan area. In 1984, KMW received the AIA Firm of the Year Award, a recognition that KMW stands among a select group of firms whose work exemplifies the highest standards of the profession.

Overview and Status Report

The vision for the Carsey-Wolf Center for Film, Television, and New Media includes a vibrant program of teaching, research and programs already taking place, as well as the expansion and enhancement of our program with the creation of a new home for the Center. 4,000-5,000 students annually (out of a total student body of 20,000) take a course related to the center's mission. This has been recognized as one of the fastest growing areas of the campus.

The Carsey-Wolf Center with its free-standing Pollock Theater will be located both within and adjacent to the new Social Science & Media Building. These buildings are part of a larger complex, totaling 126,000 asf, including the Gevirtz Graduate School of Education. By combining a state-funded major capital project with a donor-funded component, we are leveraging state dollars and achieving economies of scale.

The total project budget for the complex is $101M.