Building Construction Timelapse | EMPAC

Описание: From 2003–2008 the Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY, USA was constructed.

In March 2001, Rensselaer initiated a competition by inviting four of the world’s leading architects to submit a design. A distinguished jury selected Grimshaw, a London-based firm founded by Sir Nicholas Grimshaw, whose work is characterized by spatial and organizational clarity, flexibility, innovation, and a rigorous approach to detail. Grimshaw’s emphasis on the research and application of new materials and construction techniques is amply demonstrated in EMPAC.

Design and construction required the collaboration of experts and firms in a variety of disciplines including:

Buro Happold (Structural & Service Engineer)
Kirkegaard Associates (Acoustician)
Fisher Dachs Associates (Theatre Consultant)
Turner Construction Company (Construction Manager)
Davis, Brody, Bond LLP (Architect of Record)

Groundbreaking took place on September 17, 2003, and EMPAC opened to the public on October 3, 2008 with a three-week inaugural festival.

The building embodies a number of design and construction innovations. An extraordinary baseline of quiet has been achieved through acoustic separation—literally a space between the walls and floors of each venue—to prevent conduction of noisy vibrations. To further cushion vibrations, parts of the building sit on springs embedded in the foundation.

The entire structure is secured by 215 cable anchors that reach deep into the hillside’s bedrock, making it one of the most seismically secure buildings in the region.

http://empac.rpi.edu/building/

TImelapse editing: Myra Goebel
Timelapse produced by: Shannon K. Johnson