This unique museum and performance hall is home to a non-profit organization that commissions original multi-disciplinary works of art. The fixed, eight-level building is comprised of exhibition, performance, and production spaces. Due to the complex nature of the art and infinite set-up scenarios, each space requires maximum flexibility of the lighting systems and controls. Gallery spaces employ continuous track runs within the slatted architectural ceiling system, and track head fixtures are customized with specific output, optics and color-rendering LED chips to showcase a wide variety of mediums and colors.

An iconic ETFE structure nests around the building with the ability to deploy out over an open plaza to form an additional, large-scale performance venue. Due to the high reflectivity and transparency of the ETFE material, the shed is softly illuminated by a series of individual LED accent lights recessed at the apex of each structural member that graze up the steel from the interior to provide an indirect glow at each ETFE pillow. This lighting effect is visible even when black-out shades are deployed for performances and when the shed is nested around the fixed building. An LED grazer at the top of each glass entry portal emphasizes the overlap of the ETFE structure.

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