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London-based architecture firm of Nicholas Grimshaw &
Partners has been selected to design Rensselaer's new electronic
media and performing arts center.
President Jackson made the announcement July 5, capping
an international design competition.
The $50 million project, encompassing approximately 160,000
square feet, is scheduled to break ground in spring 2002
and open in autumn 2003.
 "Rensselaer
has a reputation as one of the most creative campuses in
the world for the electronic arts. For these reasons, we
want to create the electronic media and performing arts
center as a nexus of technological and artistic innovation
and optimized performance space."
"Our whole office is excited about this project,"
said Nicholas Grimshaw, chairman of Nicholas Grimshaw &
Partners. "We believe we can bring a European sense
of structure and detail to this wonderful series of spaces.
We want to design a recital hall that musicians will be
drawn to from all over the world; an auditorium that will
be renowned for the flexibility and range of its production
facilities; and experimental performance spaces that will
astound people by their technical versatility. The whole
complex will also offer circulation and atrium spaces that
will be a marvelous meeting place for the university and
the community at large."
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