Moody Center for the Arts / Michael Maltzan Architecture

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  • Category: University
  • Leadership: Suzanne Deal Booth, Alison Weaver
  • Michael Maltzan: Michael Maltzan, Tim Williams, Jeanette Fabry, Andrea Manning, Matt Austin, Hiroshi Tokumaru
  • Project Team: Peter Erni, James Tate, Ann Soo, Jen Lathrop, Gee Ghid Tse, Pil Sun Ham, Alan Sillay, Peter Osborne, Collin Cobia, Casey Benito
  • Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing, Sustainability: Stantec
  • Theater Planning And Design: Fisher Dachs Associates
  • Waterproofing: Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates
  • Interior Signage: Michael Maltzan Associates
  • AV: Rice University
  • IT: Rice University
  • Security: Rice University
  • Fire & Life Safety: Jensen Hughes
  • Total Cost: $30 million
  • Leed Certification: Silver
  • Fire And Life Safety: Jensen Hughes
  • City: Houston
  • Country: United States
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Moody Center for the Arts / Michael Maltzan Architecture - Exterior Photography
© Thomas Struth

Text description provided by the architects. The Moody interior is intended to create a sense of openness and possibility. Sightlines transect through spaces, creating layered views of the myriad activities taking place within the building’s production, instructional and exhibition spaces. Views extend simultaneously along major corridors and out to the campus, providing an easy orientation point for visitors, students and faculty and facilitating direct access to studios, classrooms and shops. Extensive interior glazing offers views into learning, production and exhibition spaces to highlight the experience of the artistic process as a complement to the exhibition of finished works. Along the building’s north façade a set of wide stairs rises from the first floor and turns back toward the Moody’s interior, creating an interior amphitheater that serves as an informal social space. 

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Cite: "Moody Center for the Arts / Michael Maltzan Architecture" 24 Feb 2017. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/806081/moody-center-for-the-arts-michael-maltzan-architecture> ISSN 0719-8884

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