Arena Stage

Project Name: Arena Stage
Construction year: 2010
Website: www.arenastage.org
Address: 1101 Sixth Street , WASHINGTON - United States

Architect(s) : Bing Thom Architects (www.bingthomarchitects.com)
Project Category: Cultural

Latitude: 38.8775
Longitude: -77.0207

Arena Stage

Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater doubles the company’s previous facilities. The design by Bing Tom Architects included restoring two historic theaters, Fichandler and Kreeger, and adding a new experimental theater, Kogod Cradle. A wood and glass structure encase all three theaters topped by a sculptural and dramatic cantilevered roof. Bing Thom Architects thoughtful site design has turned this project into a catalyst in the SW Washington community spurring redevelopment with in the surrounding areas.

Working closely with the client, the architects focused on incorporating Artistic Director Molly Smith’s idea of ’a theater for all that is passionate, exhuberant, profound, deep and dangerous in the American spirit.’

A new theater, subsurface administration, parking and support spaces, rehearsal halls and a free span roof with bars and a cafe enclosed by a one of a kind wood/glass cable supported curtain-wall system. Arena Stage has a free form roof and a 140′ cantilever. Over 15,000 cubic yards of architectural concrete was used, and a complex audio, theater, acoustic and MEP systems.

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