Downtown Update, Mega-Theater Project
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Originally Posted by T-Mac
October 11, 2012
The Utah Performing Arts Center workshop was really great. It was fun to meet-up with Future Mayor and Jedikermit there. It was great to hear from the architects at Pelli Clarke and Pelli. This workshop was primarily to go over what was discussed in the first workshop and then we went over various diagrams of what the space could look like. There were no real designs yet, only a massing of what could go where. Some of the key themes in the diagrams were to have a black box space, a green roof terrace, a winter garden space and a midblock walkway.
For the overall character of the building, the ideas are that the building should be "translucent, porous, inviting, interactive, glowing, bright, clean, elegant, intimate, not boxy, a nucleus for the cultural area, a memorable piece of architecture and an icon and landmark, with a 'Human Scale Vibe' and no back side."
The loading docks will be on Regent Street and there will be 3 loading docks and they will be enclosed so that when the trucks arrive, they will back in and then close the doors while the unloading takes place.
The Braza Grill building will be taken out and a corridor created to connect Main Street with Regent Street. Also that Regent Street come to life with possible lighting over the street like in the City Creek Center and also lit archways at each end of the street and possibly a couple more archways in the block as well. Retail possible on both sides of Regent.
Also, discussed was that there are currently other architects working on the office tower on the corner and there is discussion of possibly connecting the winter garden space with the office tower and stretching that space to the corner so that it is visible from City Creek Center.
These are some of the ideas discussed.
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Update, Architects gather public input for new performing arts center
Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker makes an announcement regarding the new Utah Performing
Arts Center proposed to be built on Salt Lake City's Main Street between 100 and 200 South in Salt Lake City on
Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012. HKS Architects will design the center and Layton Construction will build it. (Laura Seitz,
Deseret News)
By Wendy Leonard, Deseret News, September 14, 2012
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/8...ts-center.html
[B][I]SALT LAKE CITY — Thoughts of street-level rehearsal spaces, a vibrant roof terrace and eclectic sidewalk cafes
took center stage Thursday as members of the community began building a vision for the city's new performing arts
center.
In addition to a state-of-the-art venue for first-run touring Broadway shows and other events, city officials want the
$110-million project to not only invite patrons, but activate an otherwise expressionless portion of downtown, between
Main Street and Regent Street and 100 and 200 South...
...Residents and stakeholders who participated in the community workshop want the 2,500-seat theater to
compliment cultural art options that are already present downtown, but also bring something new to the city. The
possibility of street performers, art galleries, restaurants and shops, as well as other social opportunities and
aesthetic properties were all part of the discussion.
The ideas will help architects begin the modeling process and move the project forward. Future workshops will be posted
on the project website, at
www.newperformingartscenter.org.
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Originally Posted by Future Mayor
An article about the Permorming Arts Center Design team.
Top architects raise anticipation for Utah Performing Arts Center
City’s 2,500-seat playhouse billed as a welcoming cultural centerpiece for residents and Utah visitors.
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/55...tml.csp?page=1
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Call them "starchitects" — rock stars of architecture.
Anticipation is running high after the announcement that high-profile HKS Architects Inc. and Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects will design the $110 million Utah Performing Arts Center slated for 137 S.Main St.
The 2,500-seat playhouse — which will be fashioned for touring Broadway shows as well as concerts and plays — is being billed as the centerpiece of the capital city’s performing arts venues. Salt Lake City officials say when it opens in March 2016 it will spark new vitality downtown.
Pressure to perform? Well, maybe a little, concedes Michael Vela, managing partner for HKS in Salt Lake City. But he prefers to view it as an exciting challenge...
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