PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
High school center for performing arts is a collaborative environment intended to enhance learning opportunities for high school students aspiring to further their career in the performing arts arena. The school includes musicians, singers, dancers, actors, and theater design and production. Artistic expression. A school for performing arts is based on providing students with an opportunity to be who they are through the expression of creativity. Creativity is based on movement. Movement can be discovered through circulation throughout spaces. The form follows the natural slope of the 19.
terrain, creating different levels. One volume creates a path of procession around the space while connecting the other two volumes together. The floor plans developed through the idea of separating the performance theater and the educational spaces while staying connected in one building. By separating the program into two, there becomes a place for performance and a place for learning, both connected. At the peak of the slope is the performance theater. The theater is enclosed by a glass volume that creates the lobby space. The theater steps down with the slope and embraces the academic section. The academic portion focuses on
collaboration and interaction. The space surrounds a central courtyard, in which the slopes to an amphitheater. This encourages students to move outside. The academic corridor is a flexible space. The bottom floor holds dance, while the second floor is chorus and ensemble. On the other side of the courtyard there is the black box and cafe. The lowest point of the slope, holds administration in which filters students in. By creating a separation, the spaces can be used separately while also staying connected.
