No. 04 — 2016
Pavilion
Lady Bird Lake Dance Center
- Location
- Lady Bird Lake, Austin, Texas
- Studio
- Sound Building Technical Studio
- Recognition
- Design Excellence Nomination
The waterfront of Lady Bird Lake is a unique edge, the mediator between the urban built environment and the 'natural' relief of the lake. Though manmade, the lake winds through the city, dividing it while acting as its spine and identity. The proposed event center must first and foremost activate the water's edge, multidirectionally.
Pause
Today the lake is traced in parallel, runners and families circling the hike and bike trail without pause. To create that pause, a series of multi-height pavilions and studios is joined by a dynamic roof. Performance volumes run parallel to the street, formal and monumental; practice studios step down with the terraced landscape, single-height at entry and opening to double height toward the lake.
Assembly
Metal roof over wood decking, glulam beams forming a double truss, a double layer glass curtain wall with thin aluminum shades on rollers, and radiant tubing for geothermal heating and cooling beneath wood floors.
