Setting the Stage for Generations of Performers
Serving both music and theatrical programs, the 400-seat theater provides the school with a flexible performing arts facility carefully designed to align with the school’s mission, priorities, and needs. A side entrance into the audience chamber creates cross-aisle access to a variety of seating areas, providing the opportunity to scale the occupied audience area to the performance – from more intimate to full house.
The space can be acoustically and visually tuned through hinged wall treatments and a flexible proscenium arch. The all-LED lighting system reduces energy usage and heat load. The large scale of the addition is broken down by terracing building volumes responding to the context of the immediate campus and the surrounding residential neighborhood. A garden entrance plaza, flanked by two existing residential-scaled campus buildings, draws students and visitors to the light-filled theater lobby and gallery space.
Time-tested insight. Forward-thinking design.
Places I Remember
Buildings and campuses may change over time, but memories from within them will always endure. DesignGroup’s John Ryan reflects on the emotional lives of buildings, a melody that continues over time.
Prefab Construction: A Time-Tested Technique with New Innovations
Building a project with pre-manufactured components can save time, labor, and material. Here’s a look at why it has endured for longer than you may realize – and why it might or might not be right for your next project.
Achieving WELL Certification in Healthcare Education
Ohio University’s HCOM project set a new high bar for what’s possible when student wellness is at the center of a building’s design philosophy.
Staying Connected: Expanding a Hospital, Maintaining Community
How do you elevate a local hospital without losing its special connection to the community? By listening to, and communicating with, community stakeholders.
Prefab Construction: A Time-Tested Technique with New Innovations
Building a project with pre-manufactured components can save time, labor, and material. Here’s a look at why it has endured for longer than you may realize – and why it might or might not be right for your next project.
Reflections on 2023
DesignGroup leadership shares their thoughts as the firm’s 51st year draws to an end.
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