At the heart of Knowlton Hall is the studio floor, outfitted with desks for nearly 500 and divided into quadrants. The northwest and southeast sections sit seven feet higher than the other two. “One giant floor would destroy this building,” Scogin says. “It’d no longer be studio spaces but a factory.”  Photo 9 of 25 in Ahead of Its Class by Miyoko Ohtake

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At the heart of Knowlton Hall is the studio floor, outfitted with desks for nearly 500 and divided into quadrants. The northwest and southeast sections sit seven feet higher than the other two. “One giant floor would destroy this building,” Scogin says. “It’d no longer be studio spaces but a factory.”

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