Brown University Creative Arts Center, Providence, R.I., USA
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Project Director
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2009
The Creative Arts Center is intended to advance new directions in teaching and research that cross the boundaries of traditional disciplines and to encourage the creation of new art forms and new approaches to collaborative work. The proposed design for the 35,000-square-foot building includes a 250-seat recital hall and 35mm screening facility, a recording studio, multimedia lab, gallery space, and production spaces for multidisciplinary art. The project’s $45-million fund-raising goal includes construction costs and an endowment for operating and maintaining the building.
The concept for the Creative Arts Center is a sheared loft building where instead of stacked programs each program to have visual contact with 2 other programs in section thereby promoting programmatic transparency and interaction. The major circulation stair landing becomes a vertically stacked living room where social and creative interface is fostered, and creates space for serendipitous or planned encounters.
