Gordon Parks Arts Hall
Gordon parks arts hall.
Gordon parks arts hall. Planning architecture interiors programming. The gordon parks arts hall serves as an anchor to the north side of the universitys laboratory schools campus and integrates architectural features inspired by both the schools original neo gothic buildings and the 1962 international style addition by perkinswill. The gordon parks arts hall at the university of chicago laboratory schools opened this month with events to celebrate the new artistic opportunities the facility is creating for lab students the philanthropy that made the project possible and the inspiring legacy of the buildings namesake filmmaker gordon parks.
In 2007 the university of chicago laboratory schools began one of the most ambitious and far reaching expansions in their history. Valerio dewalt train associates. The project includes three phases earl shapiro hall a new 120000 sf building for nursery to the second grade.
The gordon parks foundation permanently preserves the work of gordon parks makes it available to the public through exhibitions books and electronic media and supports artistic and educational activities that advance what. A three story 86000 square foot building the gordon parks arts hall will offer a combination lobby and art gallery a 700 seat assembly and musical performance auditorium a 250 seat theater a 150 seat drama studio four art studios a digital media and photographer lab large musical rehearsal spaces practice rooms a theater scenery shop a costume shop and affiliated administrative space. Gordon parks arts hall opens at lab school with new art exhibits the chicago maroon peyton alie 11232015 view more.
The new building provides programs in theater music and the visual arts with new performance halls studios rehearsal and practice rooms a digital media lab and more. Gordon parks arts hall. Gordon parks arts hall gpah is the most recently completed portion of a comprehensive master plan for the lab schools that clocks in at more than 539000 square feet including new construction of an off site early learning center and renovation of the existing buildings now nearing completion.
Chicago il return to projects. Gordon parks arts hall a new 80000 sf arts hall addition. Gordon parks arts hall gpah is the most recently completed portion of a comprehensive master plan for the lab schools that clocks in at more than 539000 square feet including new construction of an off site early learning center and renovation of the existing buildings now nearing completion.
While most of the buildings exterior consists of exposed concrete and glass the indiana limestone cladding and slanted glass gables echo similar features in the neighboring belfield tower to which glass walled corridors.