Illingworth said he also envisioned rehearsal areas and a "social space" inside the building.

"We might use some of the other spaces in the building for rehearsals of a show that is going into the theater," he said. "A social space would have to be flexible, and I don't see a permanent open space like Loker Commons."

"The problem to avoid," Illingworth continued, "is designing a space that attempts to be everything and ends up not being good for anything."

Last week's agreement between FAS and the Pudding's graduate board gives the College a new space dedicated entirely to undergraduates, and allows Hasty Pudding Theatricals to continue to use the space for its productions.

In 1986, Harvard bought the land on which the Pudding building sits, in an attempt to rescue the organization from financial ruin. The group was to pay rent to Harvard for using the land.

But the organization has long been remiss in paying its rent to Harvard, and graduate board members said they simply do not have the cash to keep up the building.