North front elevation
Donald Haynes Performing Arts Center, Austin, Texas
Establishing
a revitalized arts presence within a campus of tired high school buildings,
this 500 seat multiform performing arts center connects to the exterior
through an outdoor performance area. The new theatre building is composed
of inner and outer shells. The sidewalls of the structural outer shell form
a masonry box composed of the same brick and box-like form as the existing
school. Shredding the box reveals and masks the inner shell. The baffled
walls of the house interior, whose form shapes its acoustical environment,
are revealed on the exterior. The entry lobby, with its curtain like acoustical
wall, is a building within a building. Resembling stage set construction
it stands under the overhanging roof of the sheltering outer shell acting
as a backdrop to the courtyard performance space. Workshops, dressing rooms
and a classroom is located in the back.
Owner: Austin Independent School District
Size: 16,000 sf
Cost: $4,400,000.00
Design Team: Murray Legge, Herman Thun, Val Fuger, Dale
Austin, Tim Davis, Lucas Brown
Consultants: Encotech Engineering (MEP & Structural), Urban
Design Group (civil), Winterowd Associates (landscape), CMPBS (sustainability),
ACR Engineering (commissioning), Dickensheets Associates (acoustics), Thomas
McConnell (photography)
Awards: Austin Energy Green Building Program 4 star rating
North front elevation and outdoor performance space
West wall showing recessed lighting niches
West wall niches at night
North elevation - lobby area at dusk
North elevation - lobby area and outdoor performance space at dusk
Lobby entry area at night
Crinkle wall siding detail
Entry lobby interior showing crinkle wall
House interior sidewall detail showing wood paneling
