Perelman Performing Arts Center

THE PROJECT

Credit Michael Young

Project Highlights

Connection design for new $275 million performing arts center
Tight site constraints, entire building supported by 7 super columns, which align with parking structure below
Design-assist connection design, collaborative approach with EOR
Design for significant blast loads

Ronald O. Perelman Performing Arts Center, located at the World Trade Center near the 9/11 Memorial in New York City, will become a centerpiece for the arts community. Resembling an illuminated cube, the center offers 90,000 square feet of world-class dance, music, theater, film, opera, and community space on three levels. Fittingly named, the Play level (top), the Performer level (middle), and the Public level (bottom), the Play level includes multiple performance spaces that hold 499-, 250-, and 99-seats and the Public level includes restaurant/bar space. The unique “building within a building” structure created unique challenges for acoustic separation.

OUR IMPACT

Credit Michael Young

CREATIVE DESIGN-ASSIST

with EOR, GC, steel fabricator and erector

ECONOMICAL AND STREAMLINED

erection for very complicated geometry and high load conditions

3,800 TONS

of steel

Service Provided

Connection design
Design-assist

OUR SOLUTIONS

MBJ provided steel connection design services for this award-winning performing arts center. The cubic steel framed structure utilizes 3,800 tons of steel. The entire project team met multiple project challenges including tight site constraints and connecting to below-grade transportation and utility infrastructure. The project required coordination of challenging geometry and supporting the entire building on just seven super columns. MBJ also played a vital role in the design-assist phase prior to complete EOR documents, including weekly coordination meetings with GC, EOR, fabricator and erector, providing insightful concept details for team input, and working through complicated and high load connections for the overall best solution.

Project Details

Location:

New York, NY

Completed:

2021

Client:

Cimolai (Italy)

Architects:

REX Architecture and Davis Brody Bond Architects