During schematic design, their ideas and suggestions were incorporated into the project. Theater) experimental theatre, as well as the School of Art.Īt the project’s onset, FDA and the Yale School of Drama faculty sought input from other designers and consultants who are Yale School of Drama alumni. By activating this space with chairs and small tables, NYU hopes to further connect the community and the University.Īrchitect Deborah Berke’s 80,000 sf renovation of and 30,000 sf addition to a 1950s Jewish Community Center originally designed in part by Louis Kahn, is home to the Frederick Iseman Theater (formerly Holcombe T. The building’s open and inviting northern entrance flows into a large and welcoming public lobby that spans the entire width of the building. Circulation for the students and the Commons wraps along the building’s transparent perimeter.ġ81 Mercer serves as a hub for NYU students and faculty, but it also engages Greenwich Village, SoHo, and the larger New York City community. When complete, 181 Mercer includes dozens of new music instruction, rehearsal, and practice rooms performance spaces for NYU’s drama and music programs, including NYU’s first professional-level proscenium, fly-loft theatre for student productions and the University’s first orchestral ensemble room, in addition to more classrooms than any other NYU building.ġ81 Mercer’s internal second floor space, The Commons, serves as the heart of student activity and provide the NYU community with open and expansive collaborative study, meeting, and gathering places. As part of its work, FDA designed and specified new rigging and stage lighting systems and controls that will serve the opera well into the future. Now, MOT has a world-class, 2,700-seat opera house which boasts the largest stage and the most comprehensive technical capability of any theatre in the region it can mount grand productions with ease. The existing stagehouse, was rebuilt with an ample 65-foot stage depth and 110-foot proscenium opening (wing to wing). The interior of the Grand Circus Theatre was carefully restored to its original decorative grandeur.
To achieve all this, a new 12,000-square-foot stagehouse and lobby were constructed, and adjoining towers incorporated into the complex as dressing rooms, patron service areas, and offices for the opera staff. Its plan was to restore the auditorium and expand audience and performer amenities to assure the future of the highly successful Midwestern opera company. When the Michigan Opera Theatre needed to expand, it acquired the historic Grand Circus Theatre (built in 1922), along with two adjacent office buildings and three parking lots.
New York Magazine’s Justin Davidson wrote that the building “brings the school’s brand of sensitive boldness to the corner of Fifth Avenue and 14th Street” and called it a “distinctly urban building, respectful but not obsequious.” Using the wagons and lifts, the stage can extend for more movement-intensive performances. A sliding partition can divide the last eight rows from the rest of the auditorium the seats in those rows are telescopic and retract to create two 75-student classrooms at the rear of the room. FDA designed a system of stage lifts and seating wagons, which create a convertible runway for fashion shows, or additional seating for performances. With various configurations seating 600 to 800 patrons, the auditorium is used for everything from lectures to film screenings to drama to fashion shows. A truly multipurpose building, the Center includes a suite of design studios and laboratories, dormitories, wired classrooms, and a versatile auditorium seating up to 800. The largest building project in The New School’s history, the 16-story University Center stands as a new landmark on the border of the Union Square and Greenwich Village neighborhoods. When The New School projected its growth over the coming decades, it became clear that its enrollment would outpace its current facilities.
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