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The '''Lindemann Performing Arts Center''' is a performing and visual arts facility under construction at [[Brown University]] in [[Providence, Rhode Island]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=September 26, 2022 |title=New performing arts center to be completed fall 2023 |url=https://www.browndailyherald.com/article/2022/09/new-performing-arts-center-to-be-completed-fall-2023 |access-date=2023-03-07 |website=[[The Brown Daily Herald]] |language=en-US}}</ref> The building is located at 130 [[Angell Street]] on Brown's main campus in the city's [[College Hill, Providence, Rhode Island|College Hill]] neighborhood. The Lindemann and adjacent [[Perry and Marty Granoff Center for the Creative Arts]] are both utilized by the [[Brown Arts Institute]] and comprise part of the university's Ronald O. Perelman Arts District. The Arts Center is named for benefactor Frayda Lindemann and her husband [[George Lindemann]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Brown names The Lindemann Performing Arts Center |url=https://www.brown.edu/news/2022-05-24/lindemann |access-date=2023-03-07 |website=Brown University |language=en}}</ref>
The '''Lindemann Performing Arts Center''' is a performing and visual arts facility under construction at [[Brown University]] in [[Providence, Rhode Island]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=September 26, 2022 |title=New performing arts center to be completed fall 2023 |url=https://www.browndailyherald.com/article/2022/09/new-performing-arts-center-to-be-completed-fall-2023 |access-date=2023-03-07 |website=[[The Brown Daily Herald]] |language=en-US}}</ref> The building is located at 144 [[Angell Street]] on Brown's main campus in the city's [[College Hill, Providence, Rhode Island|College Hill]] neighborhood. The Lindemann and adjacent [[Perry and Marty Granoff Center for the Creative Arts]] are both utilized by the [[Brown Arts Institute]] and comprise part of the university's Ronald O. Perelman Arts District. The Arts Center is named for benefactor Frayda Lindemann and her husband [[George Lindemann]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Brown names The Lindemann Performing Arts Center |url=https://www.brown.edu/news/2022-05-24/lindemann |access-date=2023-03-07 |website=Brown University |language=en}}</ref> It will officially open in the fall of 2023.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Brown is preparing to open its brand new performing arts center. Here's a look inside |url=https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/education/campus/2023/06/21/brown-university-lindemann-performing-arts-center-providence/70337196007/ |access-date=2023-06-21 |website=The Providence Journal |language=en-US}}</ref>


== Architecture ==
== Architecture ==
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=== Main Hall ===
=== Main Hall ===
The Lindemann's shoebox-shaped Main Hall is designed to transform into a variety of configurations to accommodate a wide range of performances.<ref>{{Cite web |title='Collaborative, curated': A look inside the Lindemann Performing Arts Center |url=https://www.browndailyherald.com/article/2023/04/collaborative-curated-a-look-inside-the-lindemann-performing-arts-center |access-date=2023-05-01 |website=The Brown Daily Herald |language=en-US}}</ref> The hall has five preset configurations ranging in capacity from an orchestra set-up to a seatless 40-by-40 foot cube. To facilitate switching between these configurations, the Main Hall features an array of automated and manually assisted performance equipment, including five seating gantries, a perimeter ring of retractable acoustic curtains, 40 adjustable acoustic reflector panels, three lighting bridges, and two [[Elevator|stage lifts]].<ref name=":1" />
The Lindemann's Main Hall follows a new architectural typology for performing arts spaces.<ref>{{Cite web |title='Collaborative, curated': A look inside the Lindemann Performing Arts Center |url=https://www.browndailyherald.com/article/2023/04/collaborative-curated-a-look-inside-the-lindemann-performing-arts-center |access-date=2023-05-01 |website=The Brown Daily Herald |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title='Collaborative, curated': A look inside the Lindemann Performing Arts Center |url=https://www.browndailyherald.com/article/2023/04/collaborative-curated-a-look-inside-the-lindemann-performing-arts-center |access-date=2023-05-01 |website=The Brown Daily Herald |language=en-US}}</ref> All six surfaces of the hall modulate physically and acoustically to create five distinct stage-audience configurations—experimental media, recital, end-stage, orchestra, and flat floor. An array of secondary modes are also possible. The automated and manually assisted performance equipment installed to make such transformations includes five suspended, four-tier seating gantries (two tiers for audience members and two for technical staff), forty adjustable acoustic reflector panels, seven motorized utility battens, three lighting bridges, two stage lifts, three orchestra platform lifts, six telescoping orchestra risers, three seating wagon lifts, a three-unit retractable seating system, five seating wagons, a ring of deployable acoustic curtains, and a complete technical gridiron fifty-five feet above the floor. The main hall transforms into any of the five primary configurations with five technicians in three hours.<ref name=":1" />


== Gallery ==
== Gallery ==

Revision as of 23:18, 21 June 2023

Lindemann Performing Arts Center
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Address130 Angell Street
LocationBrown University, Providence, RI
Coordinates41°49′41″N 71°24′09″W / 41.82817°N 71.40250°W / 41.82817; -71.40250
OwnerBrown University
Capacity625
Construction
Broke ground2019
Opened2023
ArchitectREX

The Lindemann Performing Arts Center is a performing and visual arts facility under construction at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island.[1] The building is located at 144 Angell Street on Brown's main campus in the city's College Hill neighborhood. The Lindemann and adjacent Perry and Marty Granoff Center for the Creative Arts are both utilized by the Brown Arts Institute and comprise part of the university's Ronald O. Perelman Arts District. The Arts Center is named for benefactor Frayda Lindemann and her husband George Lindemann.[2] It will officially open in the fall of 2023.[1][3]

Architecture

Designed by REX, the building features a main hall that physically adapts to accommodate a variety of performance configurations, in a manner similar to that of the firm's Wyly Theatre. The building's exterior is clad in fluted panels made of extruded aluminum. The Lindemann contains Brown's largest performance venue, with the main hall accommodating up to 625 seats in its most expanded configuration.[4] The building's total square footage is 118,000.[2]

Construction

REX revealed the building's design in February 2019;[5] construction on the building began later that year.[6] Freeing up space for the structure's site required the relocation of a historic Victorian duplex from 130-132 Angell Street to a new site along Brown Street.[7] Movement of the historic house was completed in 2018.[8]

The Lindemann Performing Arts Center was topped off in December 2020.[9] The venue is scheduled to open in October 2023.[1]

Main Hall

The Lindemann's Main Hall follows a new architectural typology for performing arts spaces.[10][11] All six surfaces of the hall modulate physically and acoustically to create five distinct stage-audience configurations—experimental media, recital, end-stage, orchestra, and flat floor. An array of secondary modes are also possible. The automated and manually assisted performance equipment installed to make such transformations includes five suspended, four-tier seating gantries (two tiers for audience members and two for technical staff), forty adjustable acoustic reflector panels, seven motorized utility battens, three lighting bridges, two stage lifts, three orchestra platform lifts, six telescoping orchestra risers, three seating wagon lifts, a three-unit retractable seating system, five seating wagons, a ring of deployable acoustic curtains, and a complete technical gridiron fifty-five feet above the floor. The main hall transforms into any of the five primary configurations with five technicians in three hours.[4]

  • Sharpe House was relocated from Angell street to a new site along Brown Street
    Sharpe House was relocated from Angell street to a new site along Brown Street
  • The building under construction, December 2020
    The building under construction, December 2020
  • The building under construction, April 2022
    The building under construction, April 2022

References

  1. ^ a b c "New performing arts center to be completed fall 2023". The Brown Daily Herald. September 26, 2022. Retrieved 2023-03-07.
  2. ^ a b "Brown names The Lindemann Performing Arts Center". Brown University. Retrieved 2023-03-07.
  3. ^ "Brown is preparing to open its brand new performing arts center. Here's a look inside". The Providence Journal. Retrieved 2023-06-21.
  4. ^ a b "Main Performance Hall | The Lindemann Performing Arts Center | Brown University". www.brown.edu. Retrieved 2023-03-18.
  5. ^ Franklin, Sydney (2019-02-14). "REX reveals Brown University's new adaptable Performing Arts Center". The Architect’s Newspaper. Retrieved 2023-03-07.
  6. ^ List, Madeleine (November 24, 2019). "Arts On The Rise: New hub for performing arts on Brown campus under construction". The Providence Journal. Retrieved 2023-03-07.
  7. ^ Dunn, Christine. "Brown ends plan to demolish 4 houses". The Providence Journal. Retrieved 2023-02-01.
  8. ^ "Sharpe House relocated to Brown St., prepared for renovation". The Brown Daily Herald. Retrieved 2023-02-01.
  9. ^ MacDonald, Mary (2020-12-17). "Brown's Performing Arts Center reaches 'topping-off' point". Providence Business News. Retrieved 2023-03-07.
  10. ^ "'Collaborative, curated': A look inside the Lindemann Performing Arts Center". The Brown Daily Herald. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
  11. ^ "'Collaborative, curated': A look inside the Lindemann Performing Arts Center". The Brown Daily Herald. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
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