PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

1. Which building typology are you researching? 
-The building typology i am researching is a Performing Arts Center.

2. Why are you researching this building?
-I am researching this building because i have always been interested in how acoustics are conveyed through sound and surrounding objects.

3. What is the specialty of this building type you would like to research?
-The specialty of this building type i would like to research is how spaces are developed to accommodate musical and theatrical performances.

4. What are some of the examples you will be researching?
-Some of the examples i will be researching will be...

 -Taipei Performing Arts Center / OMA Architects
- Kaufman Center / Moshe Safdie
- Chamber Music Hall / Zaha Hadid Architects
- Lincoln Center/ Diller Scofidio + Renfro
- Jerome Robbins Theater / WASA + Studio A
- Hofstra University Performing Arts Center / WASA + StudioA
- The Wild Beast at Cal Arts / Hodgetts + Fung
- Curve / Rafael Vinoly
- MacPhail Center for Music / James Dayton Design ltd.
- WestMister Rose Center / CO Architects
- Carnegie Hall / William Tuthill (Architect)
- Music Hall in Alguena / COR + Partners
- Zenith Music Hall / Massimiliano Fuksas
- Broad Stage/ Renzo Zecchetto Architects

5. What are your goals for working with this building?
-My goals for working with this building are to design a state of the art performing arts center.

6. What are the program elements that you see included at this point in your building? 
- The program elements i see included in my building are a theater, recording studios, cafe', restrooms, a shop, rehearsal spaces, individual practice spaces, lounges, dressing rooms, control and mechanical rooms, storage.