The Glorya Kaufman Performing Arts Center received a Merit Award in the AIA California 2022 CA Design Awards on October 13, 2022.
“The design strategy to wrap a new skin around the existing building created a beautiful structural form; the way it transitions between day and night is particularly successful,” said the Design Awards jury.
The Center is a remodel of and addition to a 1950s-era Temple located at the center of Vista Del Mar’s campus and was conceived and designed to be the home of Vista Del Mar’s innovative therapeutic performing arts program. The Center provides space for both learning and performing dance, music, and theatrical productions. Accessory spaces allow for production coordination, stage craft, dressing and changing, rehearsal, and classrooms.
Glorya Kaufman Performing Arts Center
The building is designed as a series of vignettes that express motion, music, and movement. A semi-translucent façade wraps the structure and, in the evening when the lights turn on, the building transforms into a glowing heart at the center of the campus. Besides adding a distinctive aesthetic, the highly durable polycarbonate façade is made from 100% post-consumer recycled plastic and can be recycled again at the end of its lifecycle. A key challenge was to preserve as much of the existing structure as possible.
To see the full announcement, visit: https://aiacalifornia.org/glorya-kaufman-performing-arts-center-merit/
