The 71,200 sf Gordon Center for Creative and Performing Arts is a jewel box of nested spaces in different scales, materials, and transparency. High ceilings, light pipe and rigging grids, sun shading, and glass facades are supported by a combination of visible ladder columns and structural members hidden among the classrooms, offices, scene shop, and support spaces. A basement black box theater contrasts sharply with a two-story, light-washed \u2018sandbox\u2019 studio, though each has a multitude of possible configurations. The 300-seat performance hall is nearly as flexible, offering acoustic and staging options within a 7,700 sf space created by long-span steel and truss construction made unique by the glass wall at the audience\u2019s back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The 71,200 sf Gordon Center for Creative and Performing Arts is a jewel box of nested spaces in different scales, materials, and transparency. High ceilings, light pipe and rigging grids, sun shading, and glass facades are supported by a combination of visible ladder columns and structural members hidden among the classrooms, offices, scene shop, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6593,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"project_category":[],"project_tag":[],"class_list":["post-6589","project","type-project","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","type-cultural","type-higher-education","expertise-long-span","region-new-england"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n