Designed by Revery Architecture, MacEwan University?s new urban center for arts and culture, Allard Hall, creates an elegant entrance landmark to its City Centre Campus in Edmonton, AB. The building?s focal point is its central, multi-story double atria crossed by dramatic angled pedestrian bridges linking each of its five floors, from the ground to the top floor where natural light pours in via clerestoreys.
Photography: Ema Peter
A balcony at each stairway creates a ?nest? at circulation intersections, offering a zone (perch) for pause and informal learning in contrast to the building?s social and collaborative learning hubs. The building?s design emphasizes Allard Hall?s identity as a hub for converging ideas and social interaction by showcasing a vibrant spectrum of student, staff, and visitor activities. Photography: Ema Peter
Offering a perfect combination of cutting-edge academic and cultural functions, Allard Hall?s array of performance and educational spaces includes; studios, classrooms, educational and office spaces; a 450-seat proscenium theatre, a 200-seat recital hall, a 100-seat black-box theatre; galleries, and a range of high-tech computer labs, visual arts, digital and sound studios.
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The building?s captivating exterior presents a modern, sleek curtain wall façade featuring wavy forms to subtly reference a stage curtain, an apt metaphor for the dynamics and function of the building. Latest energy modeling techniques optimized the compositi...