Design Team
Designed by Arquitectonica International, Inc.
Theater consultants Fisher Dachs Associates, Inc.
Sound and communications Artec Consultants, Inc.
Arts management consultants AMS Planning & Research Corp
The design concept is based on movement. The buildings reflect the spirit of movement, moving the patron through a visual as well as physical experience, making the patron a performer. The flow of people begins with the monumental ramps at the exterior of the building and continues through to the exposed steel and concrete grand-stair that delivers each person to the orchestra level and balcony levels above. Glimpses of people circulating behind a panelite-screened wall punctured with openings of various sizes at all the balcony levels, reinforces the idea that the building is designed with two prosceniums. The obvious proscenium is the one located within the performance hall as the traditional stage is set; the exterior frame around the full height curtain wall forms the second, subtler proscenium, where the patrons become the show.
Theater consultants Fisher Dachs Associates, Inc.
Sound and communications Artec Consultants, Inc.
Arts management consultants AMS Planning & Research Corp
The design concept is based on movement. The buildings reflect the spirit of movement, moving the patron through a visual as well as physical experience, making the patron a performer. The flow of people begins with the monumental ramps at the exterior of the building and continues through to the exposed steel and concrete grand-stair that delivers each person to the orchestra level and balcony levels above. Glimpses of people circulating behind a panelite-screened wall punctured with openings of various sizes at all the balcony levels, reinforces the idea that the building is designed with two prosceniums. The obvious proscenium is the one located within the performance hall as the traditional stage is set; the exterior frame around the full height curtain wall forms the second, subtler proscenium, where the patrons become the show.
Public ArtMiami based artist Robert Chambers believes in a holistic approach to art making in which environment, material and subject matter create a unified installation or art piece. The artistic language he employs in his work fuses scientific knowledge, contemporary culture and locality. For the South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center, Chambers created an innovative light piece, entitled Light Field that illuminates the entire, translucent inner lobby wall with changing designs created by computer-programmed LED fixtures.
In addition, the lobby is adorned with two large scale marble sculptures also created by Chambers. The sculptures, entitled Orbital 1 and Orbital 2, are based on Johannes Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion and the geometric formulas of prehistoric hand tools. The final product consists of two 10 ton and 12 ton marble sculptures that are intended as resting places. |
 "Light Field", "Orbital 1" & "Orbital 2", Robert Chambers, 2011 |
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