THEPERRYANDMARTYGRANOFFCENTERFORTHECREATIVEARTS
BROWNUNIVERSITY,PROVIDENCE,RI
The Granoff Center for the Creative Arts advances new directions in teaching and research, and cross boundaries between the arts, sciences and the humanities. The 36,000 sf building includes a 200–seat recital hall and 35mm screening facility, a recording studio, multimedia lab, gallery space, and large multi–purpose production studios. Next in the species of the loft typology, the building is made up of large uninterrupted floor plates with interior surfaces ranging from raw to refined. The building program utilizes three floor plates that fill the site envelope. These floor plates are cut in the short axis along a shear line, and displaced in section to create six half levels, each with different technical and physical properties. The structured misalignment is a sectional opportunity, allowing each floor to interface two others conjoined by a shear glass wall. The landscape shears as well, half inclined toward the entrance lobby and half descending along the rake of the recital hall. Students and passersby are invited into this outdoor theater to witness activities on stage or screen. The building fosters creative exchange throughout. The landings of the main circulation stair are expanded and conceived as vertically stacked living rooms for serendipitous and planned encounters.
- Rehearsal / production studio
- View of zinc cladding looking north
Size (GSF) | 36000 | Location | Providence, United States |
Commission2007 | groundbreaking22nd May 2009 | opening2011 |
Partners-in-Charge | Charles Renfro and Elizabeth Diller |
Partner | Ricardo Scofidio |
Project Director | Gerard Sullivan |
Project Architect | Anthony Saby and Jesse Saylor |
Design Team | Chris Andreacola,Mateo Antonio de Cardenas,James Brucz,Robert Condon,Laith Sayigh,Michael Hundsnurscher,Hallie Terzopolos,Flavio Stigliano,Kailin Gregga,and Clint Keithley |
Robert Silman Associates | Structural Engineer |
Altieri Sebor Wieber, LLC | Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing, Fire Protection Engineer |
Nitsch Engineering | Civil Engineer |
GZA GeoEnvironmental, Inc. | Geotechnical Engineer |
Atelier Ten | Sustainability Consultants |
Todd Rader + Amy Crews | Landscape Architect |
Tillotson Design Associates | Lighting Designer |
Hughes Associates, Inc. | Life Safety Consultant |
Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Inc. | Façade Consultant |
Leavitt Associates, Inc. | Façade Peer Review |
Construction Specifications, Inc. | Specifications Consultant |
R.G. Vanderweil Engineers, LLP | IT/ Security Consultant |
Jaffe Holden Acoustics/AV | Acoustical and AV Consultant |
Fisher Dachs Associates | Theater Consultant |
Pentagram | Wayfinding |
Malcolm Grear | Wayfinding |
Assa Abloy Door Security Solutions | Hardware Consultant |
RDK Engineers | Commissioning Agent |
Shawmut Design and Construction | Construction Manager |