Boca Raton City Council recently greenlighted the development of the Center for Arts and Innovation, designed by IBI Group. The project aims to become the permanent home of creativity and business for the city?s professional cultural institutions.
Rendering courtesy of IBI Group
With Toronto-based architects Ana-Francisca de la Mora working alongside Ari Bose, the project?s design lead, the principles for the new Center for the Arts and Innovation focuses on the versatility of the spaces, community engagement, and technology.
The complex will encompass six areas that range in seating capacity from 99 to 3,500, with a capacity of 6,000 when all spaces are used simultaneously.
Rendering courtesy of IBI Group
A central design aspect of the project is integrating the existing Mizner Park amphitheater into the new complex. The current Mizner Park amphitheater will be transformed into a 3,500 seat, open-air, bowl-style setting equipped with a cantilevered ?curtain? that can be raised and lowered to transform the stage into a smaller black box theater. A new concert and performance hall will be added, as well as a multi-use roof-top terrace, 99-seat jewel box performance hall, and an open-air lobby placed above ground level. Many areas within the facility will be available for community use, including outdoor public gathering spaces.
Rendering courtesy of IBI Group
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