Architects:Diller Scofidio + Renfro

Area :84000 ft²

Year :2022

Photographs :Iwan Baan, Brett Beyer

Contractor :Dimeo Construction

Civil Engineer :Nitsch Engineering

Landscape Architect :Olin

Lighting :Tillotson Design Associates

Structural Engineer :Robert Silman Associates

Sustainability :Transsolar

Executive Architect : Perry Dean Rogers

Acoustics & Audio/Visual : Jaffe Holden

Geotechnical : Haley Aldrich

Owner : College of the Holy Cross

Code Consultant : Code Red Consultants

Cost Estimator : Dharam Consulting

Foodservice Consultant : Colburn & Guyette

Mep/Fp Engineer : Altieri Sebor Wieber

Specifications : Construction Specifications, Inc.

Theater Planning : Fisher Dachs Associates, Inc.

City : Worcester

Country : United States

The 84,000 sf Prior Performing Arts Center for the College of the Holy Cross has been designed to be an incubator for multidisciplinary learning grounded in the performing and visual arts for students from all academic disciplines. Standing as the cultural center of the school—with venues for both fine arts and performing arts—the building houses the 400-seat concert hall, a 200-seat flexible studio theatre, and the relocated Cantor Art Gallery.

Anchoring the Upper District of campus, the Center gathers together existing vectors of campus circulation at its heart: the Beehive. Around this central space the programs are divided into four pavilions: the Multipurpose Theater for opera and music; the Studio Theater for drama; Art/Media; and Practice/Production.

The four pavilions are contained within two pairs of walls that intersect to form a nine square grid. In each corner of the grid lies a unique courtyard garden: a small amphitheater, an outdoor teaching area and workspace, a meditative garden, and a sculpture garden. The paired walls twist, rise, and interlock, the wall of one pavilion becoming the roof of its neighbor, forming a chain around the center and creating arched entries directly into the heart of the building. The opposing precast concrete and weathering steel walls reinterpret the brick and limestone of the historic campus. Taking advantage of the site’s natural beauty, the Center’s design creates a meaningful counterpoint to the surrounding campus architecture, both fitting in and standing out on the highest point on campus.

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