Bellevue Youth Theatre Lot Size AWS
Project Information Project Name: Bellevue Youth Theatre Lot Size: 1,481,040 SF Building Size: 13,488 SF Location: Bellevue, Washington Project Type: Civic
BELLEVUE YOUTH THEATRE NARRATIVE The Bellevue Youth Theatre is designed as an environmental sculpture in the 34 acre Crossroads International Park in Bellevue, WA. The new theater structure is inserted into the existing sloped hillside in the park. The lawn in the park rolls up and over the theater with openings in the lawn for the entry plaza, offices, and the outdoor stage. The living roof is seamlessly integrated into the surrounding park lawn. The lawn area on the roof provides an occupiable space over the theater as well as sound attenuation, storm water management and visual continuity of the park. The main theater space allows for 150 patrons to be seated in the round in various seating configurations. The Green/Rehearsal Room is designed to open into the theater or it can open up to the outdoor stage area. Around the theater are rooms that are subservient support spaces to the theater. These include the Lobby, Office, Ticket Booth, Concession Booth, Theater Storage, Classrooms, Dressing Room, Costume Storage, Rehearsal/Green Room, Sound/Lighting Booths, Mechanical/Electrical Rooms and public toilets. A concrete entry plaza is designed as an extension of the Lobby. The entry into the plaza from the drop off area is restricted and then it expands as it moves towards the Lobby entrance doors. Landscaping plants at the plaza will give this area a more urban landscaped feeling since this is a captured area in the park. The exterior and lobby walls are exposed concrete with a random striated vertical pattern giving the illusion of the walls were extruded out of the earth in 2 foot lifts. ‘Light trumpets’ extend from the lawn. They have a wide base which narrows toward skylight apertures at the top that provides natural light into the support spaces around the main theater space. Mechanical exhaust and supply ducts, toilet exhaust fan ducts, and plumbing roof vents reach up through these ‘trumpets’ into louvers that are behind the rain screen panels, completely hidden from view in the park. The exhaust dome at the center of the green roof is used to exhaust unwanted hot air rather than using energy to mechanical cool the hot air and re-circulate it back into the theater. A geothermal system provides heat to heat pumps. The project achieved a Gold LEED rating.
BELLEVUE YOUTH THEATRE NARRATIVE The Bellevue Youth Theatre is designed as an environmental sculpture in the 34 acre Crossroads International Park in Bellevue, WA. The new theater structure is inserted into the existing sloped hillside in the park. The lawn in the park rolls up and over the theater with openings in the lawn for the entry plaza, offices, and the outdoor stage. The living roof is seamlessly integrated into the surrounding park lawn. The lawn area on the roof provides an occupiable space over the theater as well as sound attenuation, storm water management and visual continuity of the park. The main theater space allows for 150 patrons to be seated in the round in various seating configurations. The Green/Rehearsal Room is designed to open into the theater or it can open up to the outdoor stage area. Around the theater are rooms that are subservient support spaces to the theater. These include the Lobby, Office, Ticket Booth, Concession Booth, Theater Storage, Classrooms, Dressing Room, Costume Storage, Rehearsal/Green Room, Sound/Lighting Booths, Mechanical/Electrical Rooms and public toilets. A concrete entry plaza is designed as an extension of the Lobby. The entry into the plaza from the drop off area is restricted and then it expands as it moves towards the Lobby entrance doors. Landscaping plants at the plaza will give this area a more urban landscaped feeling since this is a captured area in the park. The exterior and lobby walls are exposed concrete with a random striated vertical pattern giving the illusion of the walls were extruded out of the earth in 2 foot lifts. ‘Light trumpets’ extend from the lawn. They have a wide base which narrows toward skylight apertures at the top that provides natural light into the support spaces around the main theater space. Mechanical exhaust and supply ducts, toilet exhaust fan ducts, and plumbing roof vents reach up through these ‘trumpets’ into louvers that are behind the rain screen panels, completely hidden from view in the park. The exhaust dome at the center of the green roof is used to exhaust unwanted hot air rather than using energy to mechanical cool the hot air and re-circulate it back into the theater. A geothermal system provides heat to heat pumps. The project achieved a Gold LEED rating.
