{"id":61071,"date":"2019-07-05T04:17:22","date_gmt":"2019-07-04T19:17:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/?p=61071"},"modified":"2019-07-05T04:17:22","modified_gmt":"2020-01-25T01:39:05","slug":"joan-edgar-booth-theatre-and-the-college-of-fine-arts-production-center-at-boston-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/en\/architect\/joan-edgar-booth-theatre-and-the-college-of-fine-arts-production-center-at-boston-university\/","title":{"rendered":"Joan &#038; Edgar Booth Theatre and the College of Fine Arts Production Center  at Boston University"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"cb-itemprop\" itemprop=\"reviewBody\"><h3>Project Synopsis<\/h3>\r\n<p>The story of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/\" title=\"Boston University\">Boston University<\/a>\u2019s recently completed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/news-events\/venues\/joan-edgar-booth-theatre\/\" title=\"Joan &amp; Edgar Booth Theatre \">Joan &amp; Edgar Booth Theatre<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/academics\/college-of-fine-arts-production-center\/\" title=\"College of Fine Arts Production Center\">College of Fine Arts Production Center<\/a> is threefold:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>The new facilities enable BU College of Fine Arts School of Theatre to become a more unified and comprehensive program, with state-of-the-art facilities as teaching tools for all aspects of theatre production and performance. It is the first time in decades that College of Fine Arts performance and production students have been housed in the same location.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>The building is a tour de force of design, continuing to elevate BU\u2019s presence on Commonwealth Avenue.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>With a full season of productions, Booth Theatre will quickly take its place among the many dynamic performance venues of the Boston area, providing students and Boston\u2019s theatre-going public with additional cultural opportunities.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>The 75,000-square-foot state-of-the-art theater complex, designed by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.elkus-manfredi.com\/\">Elkus Manfredi Architects<\/a>, has a 250-seat theater, production and costume shops, design labs, classrooms, faculty offices, and a landscaped plaza.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<div id=\"attachment_62925\" style=\"width: 769px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/01_BoothTheatre_FacadeDusk_\u00a9RobertBenson.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-62925\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/01_BoothTheatre_FacadeDusk_\u00a9RobertBenson-759x578.jpg\" alt=\"01_BoothTheatre_FacadeDusk_\u00a9RobertBenson\" class=\"wp-image-62925 size-ADFwebimage999\" width=\"759\" height=\"578\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/01_BoothTheatre_FacadeDusk_\u00a9RobertBenson-759x578.jpg 759w, https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/01_BoothTheatre_FacadeDusk_\u00a9RobertBenson-150x114.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/01_BoothTheatre_FacadeDusk_\u00a9RobertBenson-300x228.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/01_BoothTheatre_FacadeDusk_\u00a9RobertBenson-768x585.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/01_BoothTheatre_FacadeDusk_\u00a9RobertBenson-1024x780.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/01_BoothTheatre_FacadeDusk_\u00a9RobertBenson-230x175.jpg 230w, https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/01_BoothTheatre_FacadeDusk_\u00a9RobertBenson-525x400.jpg 525w, https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/01_BoothTheatre_FacadeDusk_\u00a9RobertBenson-919x700.jpg 919w, https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/01_BoothTheatre_FacadeDusk_\u00a9RobertBenson-600x457.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/01_BoothTheatre_FacadeDusk_\u00a9RobertBenson-500x381.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/01_BoothTheatre_FacadeDusk_\u00a9RobertBenson-656x500.jpg 656w, https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/01_BoothTheatre_FacadeDusk_\u00a9RobertBenson-1320x1005.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/01_BoothTheatre_FacadeDusk_\u00a9RobertBenson.jpg 1344w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 759px) 100vw, 759px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-62925\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A dramatic presence on Commonwealth Avenue, Boston University\u2019s Booth Theatre provides a 21st-century learning environment for collaboration and experimentation with its multifunctional studio theatre and production center. Hosting the newly collocated theatre arts program, the new center is enveloped in a first-of-its-kind pre-cast concrete scrim that evokes the frame of a proscenium theatre, while the lobby\u2019s mirror-like 47-foot glass curtainwall cants forward 14 degrees, reflecting the city scene. \u00a9RobertBenson<\/p><\/div>\r\n\r\n<h3>Project Background<\/h3>\r\n<p>When Boston University sold its former theatre on Huntington Avenue in 2016, the sale brought with it three welcome opportunities for the University:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>The chance to unify the theatre arts program, which had long been split between facilities on Huntington Avenue and Commonwealth Avenue.\u00a0<\/li>\r\n\t<li>The capacity to bring a newly strengthened artistic presence to BU\u2019s Charles River Campus.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>The ability to create a state-the-art learning environment to educate the next generation of theatre artists and engage audiences in an immersive experience.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>Unifying the design and performance tracks of the program had long been a goal of the School of Theatre and a means to accomplish it had been studied over the years.\u00a0 Beginning in 2015, the theatre consulting firm of Auerbach Pollock Friedlander worked with Boston University and the School of Theatre to review various opportunities on the campus and develop the space requirements for the new theatre and production center for which BU ultimately selected Elkus Manfredi Architects to design.<\/p>\r\n<p>Built on an underused lot at 820 Commonwealth Avenue adjacent to the College of Fine Arts (CFA) facilities at 808 Commonwealth Avenue and across from the CFA\u2019s second separate facilities at 855 Commonwealth Avenue, the new theatre faces Commonwealth Avenue in Brookline just over the Boston city line.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div id=\"attachment_63005\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/06_BoothTheatre_Lobby_DoorsOpen_\u00a9RobertBenson.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-63005\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/06_BoothTheatre_Lobby_DoorsOpen_\u00a9RobertBenson-500x500.jpg\" alt=\"06_BoothTheatre_Lobby_DoorsOpen_\u00a9RobertBenson\" class=\"wp-image-63005 size-ADFwebimage500\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/06_BoothTheatre_Lobby_DoorsOpen_\u00a9RobertBenson-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/06_BoothTheatre_Lobby_DoorsOpen_\u00a9RobertBenson-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/06_BoothTheatre_Lobby_DoorsOpen_\u00a9RobertBenson-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/06_BoothTheatre_Lobby_DoorsOpen_\u00a9RobertBenson-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/06_BoothTheatre_Lobby_DoorsOpen_\u00a9RobertBenson-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/06_BoothTheatre_Lobby_DoorsOpen_\u00a9RobertBenson-230x230.jpg 230w, https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/06_BoothTheatre_Lobby_DoorsOpen_\u00a9RobertBenson-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/06_BoothTheatre_Lobby_DoorsOpen_\u00a9RobertBenson-700x700.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/06_BoothTheatre_Lobby_DoorsOpen_\u00a9RobertBenson-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/06_BoothTheatre_Lobby_DoorsOpen_\u00a9RobertBenson-759x759.jpg 759w, https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/06_BoothTheatre_Lobby_DoorsOpen_\u00a9RobertBenson-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/06_BoothTheatre_Lobby_DoorsOpen_\u00a9RobertBenson-1320x1320.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/06_BoothTheatre_Lobby_DoorsOpen_\u00a9RobertBenson.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-63005\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Like the fa\u00e7ade, the lobby\u2019s 37-foot acoustical ceiling also acts as a mirror, with a covering of reflective chrome-coated aluminum. In counterpoint, the granite floor grounds the light-filled space, while featuring embedded lighting strips in the same 14-degree angle as the fa\u00e7ade. \u00a9RobertBenson<\/p><\/div> <div id=\"attachment_63009\" style=\"width: 769px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/10_BoothTheatre_DummerSt_\u00a9RobertBenson.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-63009\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/10_BoothTheatre_DummerSt_\u00a9RobertBenson-759x500.jpg\" alt=\"10_BoothTheatre_DummerSt_\u00a9RobertBenson\" class=\"wp-image-63009 size-cb-759-500\" width=\"759\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/10_BoothTheatre_DummerSt_\u00a9RobertBenson-759x500.jpg 759w, https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/10_BoothTheatre_DummerSt_\u00a9RobertBenson-100x65.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/10_BoothTheatre_DummerSt_\u00a9RobertBenson-260x170.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 759px) 100vw, 759px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-63009\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In response to the residential neighborhood it faces, the Production Center\u2019s southern side features green and silver dichroic metal panels, ip\u00ea wood siding and louvers, and windows of several scales. The quality and nuance of this chameleonic fa\u00e7ade softens the wing\u2019s volume and provides neighbors with visual interest and connection to the action within. \u00a9RobertBenson<\/p><\/div>\r\n\r\n<h3>Program Summary<\/h3>\r\n<p>The Joan &amp; Edgar Booth Theatre and College of Fine Arts Production Center encompasses:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>A purposeful, multi-functional studio theatre used for student theatrical productions<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Production facilities including scenery, prop, and costume shops serve as hands-on learning environments for students in the design &amp; production program of the College\u2019s School of Theatre<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Faculty offices, teaching spaces including a sound and lighting lab and student design studios.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>A landscaped plaza fronting on Commonwealth Avenue<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Fully landscaped buffer areas fronting on Essex and Dummer Streets.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<div id=\"attachment_63013\" style=\"width: 769px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/14_BoothTheatre_Stage_\u00a9EricLaignel.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-63013\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/14_BoothTheatre_Stage_\u00a9EricLaignel-759x570.jpg\" alt=\"14_BoothTheatre_Stage_\u00a9EricLaignel\" class=\"wp-image-63013 size-ADFwebimage999\" width=\"759\" height=\"570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/14_BoothTheatre_Stage_\u00a9EricLaignel-759x570.jpg 759w, https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/14_BoothTheatre_Stage_\u00a9EricLaignel-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/14_BoothTheatre_Stage_\u00a9EricLaignel-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/14_BoothTheatre_Stage_\u00a9EricLaignel-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/14_BoothTheatre_Stage_\u00a9EricLaignel-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/14_BoothTheatre_Stage_\u00a9EricLaignel-230x173.jpg 230w, https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/14_BoothTheatre_Stage_\u00a9EricLaignel-533x400.jpg 533w, https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/14_BoothTheatre_Stage_\u00a9EricLaignel-933x700.jpg 933w, https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/14_BoothTheatre_Stage_\u00a9EricLaignel-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/14_BoothTheatre_Stage_\u00a9EricLaignel-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/14_BoothTheatre_Stage_\u00a9EricLaignel-666x500.jpg 666w, https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/14_BoothTheatre_Stage_\u00a9EricLaignel-1320x991.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/14_BoothTheatre_Stage_\u00a9EricLaignel.jpg 1365w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 759px) 100vw, 759px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-63013\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An experimental laboratory for student productions, the multi-functional studio theatre features a 42-foot x 36-foot theatre trap, a sound and lighting room, a motorized catwalk, nine motorized trusses for lighting and scenery, and custom-designed acoustical walls that host rigging and scenery while protecting the acoustical woodwork\u2019s finish. \u00a9Eric Laignel<\/p><\/div> <div id=\"attachment_63016\" style=\"width: 769px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/17_BoothTheatre_MainPaintShop_\u00a9EricLaignel.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-63016\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/17_BoothTheatre_MainPaintShop_\u00a9EricLaignel-759x570.jpg\" alt=\"17_BoothTheatre_MainPaintShop_\u00a9EricLaignel\" class=\"wp-image-63016 size-ADFwebimage999\" width=\"759\" height=\"570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/17_BoothTheatre_MainPaintShop_\u00a9EricLaignel-759x570.jpg 759w, https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/17_BoothTheatre_MainPaintShop_\u00a9EricLaignel-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/17_BoothTheatre_MainPaintShop_\u00a9EricLaignel-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/17_BoothTheatre_MainPaintShop_\u00a9EricLaignel-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/17_BoothTheatre_MainPaintShop_\u00a9EricLaignel-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/17_BoothTheatre_MainPaintShop_\u00a9EricLaignel-230x173.jpg 230w, https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/17_BoothTheatre_MainPaintShop_\u00a9EricLaignel-533x400.jpg 533w, https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/17_BoothTheatre_MainPaintShop_\u00a9EricLaignel-933x700.jpg 933w, https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/17_BoothTheatre_MainPaintShop_\u00a9EricLaignel-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/17_BoothTheatre_MainPaintShop_\u00a9EricLaignel-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/17_BoothTheatre_MainPaintShop_\u00a9EricLaignel-666x500.jpg 666w, https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/17_BoothTheatre_MainPaintShop_\u00a9EricLaignel-1320x991.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/17_BoothTheatre_MainPaintShop_\u00a9EricLaignel.jpg 1365w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 759px) 100vw, 759px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-63016\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Production Center\u2019s three bays get progressively taller to accommodate set production\u2014from 24 to 34 to 36 feet. Once assembled, a set can go across the corridor into the theatre through doors that are 18 feet tall. \u00a9Eric Laignel<\/p><\/div> <div id=\"attachment_63017\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/18_BoothTheatre_StudioSpace_\u00a9EricLaignel.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-63017\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/18_BoothTheatre_StudioSpace_\u00a9EricLaignel-500x666.jpg\" alt=\"18_BoothTheatre_StudioSpace_\u00a9EricLaignel\" class=\"wp-image-63017 size-ADFwebimage500\" width=\"500\" height=\"666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/18_BoothTheatre_StudioSpace_\u00a9EricLaignel-500x666.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/18_BoothTheatre_StudioSpace_\u00a9EricLaignel-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/18_BoothTheatre_StudioSpace_\u00a9EricLaignel-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/18_BoothTheatre_StudioSpace_\u00a9EricLaignel-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/18_BoothTheatre_StudioSpace_\u00a9EricLaignel-230x306.jpg 230w, https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/18_BoothTheatre_StudioSpace_\u00a9EricLaignel-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/18_BoothTheatre_StudioSpace_\u00a9EricLaignel-525x700.jpg 525w, https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/18_BoothTheatre_StudioSpace_\u00a9EricLaignel-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/18_BoothTheatre_StudioSpace_\u00a9EricLaignel-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/18_BoothTheatre_StudioSpace_\u00a9EricLaignel-759x1011.jpg 759w, https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/18_BoothTheatre_StudioSpace_\u00a9EricLaignel-1320x1759.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/18_BoothTheatre_StudioSpace_\u00a9EricLaignel.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-63017\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The theatre\u2019s facilities include scenery, prop, and costume shops that are hands-on learning environments for students in the design and production program of BU\u2019s School of Theatre. \u00a9Eric Laignel<\/p><\/div>\r\n\r\n<h3>Overall Design Concept<\/h3>\r\n<p>A well-known quote from Shakespeare\u2019s <em>Hamlet<\/em>: \u201cTo hold as \u2018twere the mirror up to nature\u201d has been a longtime touchstone for the BU theatre program and became a central point of inspiration for the design idea of theatre as a mirror to society. Wrapped in a proscenium-like concrete scrim, the theatre\u2019s shimmering 40-foot glass fa\u00e7ade on Commonwealth Avenue tilts toward the street at a 14-degree angle, reaching out and inviting visitors in, while reflecting them back as well. \u00a0The inspirational quote is now engraved on black metal panels along the edge of the mezzanine above the entry lobby, greeting all students, faculty, and visitors and reminding them of the world of imagination they are entering. \u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div id=\"attachment_63006\" style=\"width: 769px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/07_BoothTheatre_Lobby_ToTheatre_HamletQuote_\u00a9RobertBenson.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-63006\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/07_BoothTheatre_Lobby_ToTheatre_HamletQuote_\u00a9RobertBenson-759x600.jpg\" alt=\"07_BoothTheatre_Lobby_ToTheatre_HamletQuote_\u00a9RobertBenson\" class=\"wp-image-63006 size-cb-759-600\" width=\"759\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/07_BoothTheatre_Lobby_ToTheatre_HamletQuote_\u00a9RobertBenson-759x600.jpg 759w, https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/07_BoothTheatre_Lobby_ToTheatre_HamletQuote_\u00a9RobertBenson-378x300.jpg 378w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 759px) 100vw, 759px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-63006\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Now engraved in the black metal panels cladding the mezzanine\u2019s fa\u00e7ade, the School of Theatre\u2019s touchstone quotation from Shakespeare\u2019s Hamlet, \u201cTo hold as \u2018twere a mirror up to nature,\u201d was inspirational for the architects. With the studio theatre\u2019s 20-foot-wide doors open to the lobby, the Production Center is visible beyond. \u00a9Robert Benson<\/p><\/div>\r\n\r\n<h3>Design Team\u00a0<\/h3>\r\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 20.0422%;\">Architect:<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 79.9578%;\">Elkus Manfredi Architects<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 20.0422%;\">Project Manager:<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 79.9578%;\">Stantec<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 20.0422%;\">Structural Engineer:<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 79.9578%;\">(FKA) Amman &amp; Whitney \/ Louis Berger<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 20.0422%;\">Theatre Programming, Design, AV:<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 79.9578%;\">Auerbach Pollock Friedlander<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 20.0422%;\">Civil Engineer:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 79.9578%;\">Nitsch Engineering<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 20.0422%;\">Geotechnical Engineer:<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 79.9578%;\">Haley &amp; Aldrich, Inc<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 20.0422%;\">Architectural Lighting:<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 79.9578%;\">Auerbach Glasow<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 20.0422%;\">Landscape Architect:<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 79.9578%;\">Mikyoung Kim Design<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 20.0422%;\">MEP\/FP:<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 79.9578%;\">Vanderweil Engineers<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 20.0422%;\">Acoustics:<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 79.9578%;\">Acentech<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 20.0422%;\">Code:<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 79.9578%;\">Jensen &amp; Hughes<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 20.0422%;\">Construction:<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 79.9578%;\">Bond Brothers<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table><\/article>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Project Synopsis The story of Boston University\u2019s recently completed Joan &amp; Edgar Booth Theatre and Colleg [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":62925,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Joan & Edgar Booth Theatre and the College of Fine Arts Production Center  at Boston University\r\n#architect #architecture #BostonuUiveristy #boston","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[7],"tags":[49,83,110],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/01_BoothTheatre_FacadeDusk_\u00a9RobertBenson.jpg","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61071"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61071"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61071\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}