US studio Ervin Architecture has unveiled the latest phase of an open-air theatre in Bangor, Maine with wood-clad, sawtooth boxes that flank open-air seating.
The Maine Savings Amphitheater is the largest single building in the state of Maine in terms of square footage, with a capacity of 16,500 spectators.
The Maine Savings Amphitheater is the largest single building in the state of Maine
It contains 100,000 square feet (9,290 square metres) of building floor area as well as 130,000 square feet (12,077 square metres) of seating and concourse areas.
Ervin Architecture, which has offices in Maine and Florida, designed the venue to create clear sightlines, utilizing a 40-foot (12-metre) rise over 425-foot (130 metres) span from the front row to the back seat of the lawn. It includes wood-covered, sawtooth boxes
Opened in 2010 as a temporary stage on a hillside between Bangor?s Main Street, the shores of the Penobscot River and the Chessie System railroad line, the amphitheatre was established as a permanent venue seating 16,500 people in 2013.
It has since gone through multiple phases of expansion, with Ervin Architecture joining the design team in 2017.
2019 saw structural and infrastructural improvements
In 2018, "quasi-permanent shipping container structures" were built as annexes offsite to house food and beverage facilities, and the permanent eastside foundation was poured allowing the installation of four shipping containers that housed the corporate club spac...