Boston Center for the Arts | Stanford Calderwood Pavilion – Wimberly Theatre

Boston Center for the Arts

Stanford Calderwood Pavilion – Wimberly Theatre

In Fall 2000‚ the Huntington Theatre and the BCA entered into a partnership to build and program two new spaces – the first new theatres built in Boston in more than 75 years. The Calderwood Pavilion, housing the 360–seat Virginia Wimberly Theatre and the 200–seat Nancy and Edward Roberts Studio Theatre, are managed by the Huntington and programmed jointly with the BCA. In addition to providing a second stage for the Huntington‚ the new theatres host a range of performances by Boston’s smaller arts organizations.

The Wimberly is a 360–seat state–of–the–art proscenium space. The theatre has both orchestra and mezzanine seating‚ and each seat, has views designed to ensure an intimate and comfortable theatre-going experience.

The Roberts is a flexible space accommodating between 157 and 235 patrons‚ depending on how it is configured. It was designed to provide a home for artistic collaborations, foster the development of new plays, help build and diversify audiences, create more opportunities for youth and community outreach, and expand the existing BCA complex to include more performance venues for smaller arts organizations.

Project Details
  • Client: Huntington Theatre
  • Architect: Wilson Butler Architects, Inc.
  • Completion Year: 2004
  • Location: Boston, Massachusetts
  • Acoustician: Acentech
  • Capacity: 60 seats

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Berkeley Carroll School | Marlene Clary Performance Space

Berkeley Carroll School

Marlene Clary Performance Space

The Berkeley Carroll School performing arts center — located on the northern ridge of Park Slope in — was formerly a church. Originally built in 1936, the structure has been transformed into a flexible theater and performance space.

The 80-year-old former church can now provide the school with seating for 396 through a staggered seating arrangement that uses space freed up by the removal of the existing raised stage. Subsequently, the space can be reconfigured to serve as a lecture hall or venue for music, theater, events, and multi-media audio-visual performances.

Berkeley Carroll is an independent, college preparatory day school providing coeducational programs for children in prekindergarten through grade 12. Officially chartered by New York state in 1886, Berkeley Carroll is one of the oldest independent schools in New York City.

Project Details
  • Client: Berkeley Carroll School
  • Architect: 1100 Architect
  • Completion Year: 2016
  • Location: Brooklyn, New York
  • Acoustician: Lally Acoustical
  • Capacity: 396 seats

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Berkeley Carroll School

Berkeley Carroll School

Berkeley Carroll is an independent, college preparatory day school providing coeducational programs for children in prekindergarten through grade 12. Officially chartered by New York state in 1886, Berkeley Carroll is one of the oldest independent schools in New York City.

Berkeley Carroll shares its neighborhood with writers, artists, film makers, lawyers, and doctors as well as with the rich cultural heritage provided by the neighboring Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Botanic Gardens, and Prospect Park. In many respects, Park Slope is as much a part of the Berkeley Carroll School as are its award-winning buildings and facilities.

The school’s 800 students come from all over Brooklyn, the five boroughs of New York City, Long Island, Westchester, and New Jersey.

Berkeley Carroll buildings feature state-of-the-art libraries, laboratories, and studios. The school’s newly renovated Performance Space rivals that of many Broadway theaters.

Project Details
  • Client: Berkeley Carroll School
  • Architect: synchro architecture studio
  • Completion Year: 2001
  • Location: Brooklyn, New York
  • Acoustician: David Harvey Associates
  • Capacity: 160 seats

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Bass Performance Hall

Bass Performance Hall

This classical 2,000-seat, world-class, multipurpose hall on a relatively small downtown site was designed for the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, Fort Worth Symphony, Opera, and Ballet. Spearheaded by the vision of its donor, Edward Bass, the performance hall was collaboratively designed by its architect, David M. Schwarz, acoustician, Paul Scarbrough, and theatre consultants, FDA. The hall is an active presenter of major touring events, including Broadway shows. Since its completion, it has won raves from critics, conductors, and patrons alike. There is no sacrifice to quality in the presentation of any performance type in this superb multi-use hall.

Recalling European concert halls of the 19th century, the main hall’s four levels contain orchestra, parterre, box tier, mezzanine, and balcony seats laid out to give audiences a feeling of intimacy rarely found in large symphony halls. Bass Hall flawlessly evokes the elegance and glamour that were so much a part of concertgoing in the 19th century. Performing Arts Fort Worth Inc. and its founder, entrepreneur Edward Bass, spirited the project along at every step.

Project Details
  • Client: Performing Arts Fort Worth
  • Architect: David M. Schwarz
  • Arch. of Record: HKS Architects
  • Completion Year: 1998
  • Location: Fort Worth, Texas
  • Acoustician: Jaffe Holden Acoustics
  • Building Size: 180,000 s.f.
  • Capacity: 2,050 seats

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Barnard College Diana Center | The Glicker-Milstein Theatre

Barnard College Diana Center

The Glicker-Milstein Theatre

January 2010 saw the opening of Barnard’s new nexus for intellectual, cultural, and social life. With its completion, Barnard realized one of the largest and most ambitious projects in its history. The LEED Silver certified building has been designed to facilitate and encourage greater interaction, exchange of ideas, and rigorous and creative thinking across the Barnard community.

Located at the base of the Diana Center, the theatre and theatre workshop together provide a venue for teaching and performance within a large multi-use building that includes academic facilities, event spaces, and student services.

The venue design allows a high level of flexibility that can be used for events including drama, film, music, and dance. Seating is reconfigurable using a modular platform system, allowing the space to be used in a proscenium style, thrust, in-the-round, or flat floor configuration.

Project Details
  • Client: Barnard College
  • Architect: Weiss/Manfredi Architects
  • Completion Year: 2010
  • Location: New York, New York
  • Acoustician: Jaffe Holden
  • Capacity: 100 seats

Bard College at Simon’s Rock | Daniel Arts Center

Bard College at Simon’s Rock | Daniel Arts Center

A 52,000 sf Visual and Performing Arts Center has doubled previous space for these programs at this liberal arts college in the Berkshires. The building, the largest capital project the College has undertaken, “will make all the difference to the arts programs at Simon’s Rock,” said Dean Bernard Rogers when the project began.

Designed by Ann Beha Architects of Boston, FDA, and Acentech acoustical consultants, the Center is anchored by the 350-seat McConnell Theatre. The facility includes the 100-seat flexible Liebowitz Studio Theatre, the 1,800-square foot Beckerman Dance Studio, a television studio, four rehearsal rooms that double as classrooms, a production shop, dressing rooms, and offices.

The McConnell Theatre is an intimate room, with sightlines and seating plans designed by FDA so that no seat is more than 55 feet from the stage.

The studio theatre is a professionally outfitted space with movable seating and stage configurations – offering students a flexible venue to explore new work and experiment in various staging and multimedia production techniques.

Project Details
  • Client: Bard College
  • Architect: Ann Beha Architects
  • Completion Year: 2004
  • Location: Great Barrington, Massachusetts
  • Acoustician: Acentech
  • Building Size: 52,000 s.f.
  • Capacity: 350 seats

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Auditorio Nacional

Auditorio Nacional

Auditorio Nacional, located in Mexico City’s Chapultepec Park, is home to several of the city’s major cultural institutions and presents a wide variety of popular entertainment.

At the request of the Government of Mexico, the city’s auditorium was totally renovated and reconfigured as a more contemporary venue for a wide range of performances.

The original auditorium, built in the late 1940’s, was a large, curved, poured-concrete structure with exposed structural trusses. In cooperation with one of Mexico’s leading architectural firms, FDA reconfigured the space and reduced the seating from 13,000 to 10,000, dramatically improving the sightlines. Outdated stage and lighting equipment was replaced with state-of-the-art systems to better fit the requirements of a broader spectrum of performing arts events, from popular entertainers to Grand Opera.

Project Details
  • Client: Government of Mexico
  • Architect: Abraham Zabludovsky
  • Arch. of Record: Teodoro Gonzales de Leon
  • Completion Year: 1991
  • Location: Mexico City, Mexico
  • Lighting: Fisher Marantz Stone
  • Acoustician: Jaffe Holden Acoustics
  • Building Size: 128,000 s.f.
  • Capacity: 10,000 seats

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Atlantic Theater Company | Stage 2

Atlantic Theater Company | Stage 2

In addition to producing plays at its mainstage in Chelsea, the Atlantic Theater operates a well-known theater school. When ATC was offered new space in a block-long Port Authority owned building near New York City’s Meatpacking District, in exchange for leaving their existing site near the Hudson River, FDA was asked to help the Company plan its new spaces. We worked closely to help balance the requirements of a public theater with those of the school.

Rehearsal rooms and classrooms are located on the fifth floor, and the new 99-seat “second” theater is located in the basement level. This placement gives the theater its own street entrance, separate from the entrance of the heavily guarded office building.

The venue has been designed with 79 permanent tiered seats and 20 additional flexible seats. With 33 feet of width and 31 feet of depth, “the theatre feels intimate, while a 16 foot ceiling allows optimum staging and design possibilities,” according to ATC. The wire rope grid gives the space an easy, safe working environment to allow quick load-ins and change-overs from production to production.

Project Details
  • Client: Atlantic Theater Company
  • Architect: Coburn Architecture
  • Arch. of Record: Spector Group
  • Completion Year: 2006
  • Location: New York, New York
  • Acoustician: Akustiks
  • Capacity: 99 seats

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Atlantic Theater Company | Linda Gross Theater

Atlantic Theater Company | Linda Gross Theater

Located on a tree-lined street in the historic Chelsea district of Manhattan, the 199-seat Linda Gross Theater is housed in a Gothic Revival building that is at once grand and intimate.

In 1991, Atlantic found its first permanent home in Chelsea: the Parish House for St. Peter’s Church. Built in 1871, the parish house has been a vital part of Chelsea since its early days, offering a home for amateur performances, local art shows, community classes, and even a practice court for the New York Knickerbockers. When Atlantic first moved in, the building had been retrofitted as a theater, and its warm brick interior and soaring ceilings, together with an almost perfect audience-to-stage ratio, created an artistically inspiring space.

In 2012, the company completed an $8.6 million, three-year interior renovation of the space, for which FDA provided a full range of theatre planning services. An entire basement level was excavated to improve front-of-house operations and increase bathroom facilities; back-of-house planning created an efficient workspace for performing artists and technical staff; the entire electrical system was replaced; among other significant changes. The Atlantic has produced over 125 plays at this location.

Project Details
  • Client: Atlantic Theater Company
  • Architect: Coburn Architects
  • Completion Year: 2012
  • Location: New York, New York
  • Capacity: 199 seats

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Aspen Institute | Paepcke Auditorium

Aspen Institute | Paepcke Auditorium

Renovations to the Walter Paepcke Memorial Building on the grounds of Aspen Meadows Resort have been completed. The landmark, named for Aspen Institute and the Aspen Skiing Company founder Walter Paepcke, underwent an $11 million renovation to update the interior and the available technology, and to make the building more energy-efficient. The Bauhaus design of the exterior was maintained.

The building’s auditorium received a 600-square-foot expansion, bringing the total number of seats to 410. The auditorium’s seats have been replaced with newer, more comfortable chairs. The technical upgrades include state-of-the-art sound and lighting and RealD 3D projection capabilities with Cinema sound (the latest in 3D technology); 42-inch monitors in the lobby were also added. The building uses 55 percent less energy after switching to a geothermal pond–driven heating and cooling system, and receiving new insulation and other energy-saving changes.

Project Details
  • Client: The Aspen Institute
  • Architect: Mills + Schnoering Architects, LLC
  • Completion Year: 2010
  • Location: Aspen, Colorado
  • Acoustician: Jaffe Holden Acoustics
  • Building Size: 18,500 s.f.
  • Capacity: 410 seats

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