Brooklyn College Leonard and Claire Tow Center for the Performing Arts

Brooklyn, NY

A major new addition with new rehearsal and performance spaces.

Planned and designed as a major addition to the Brooklyn College Center for the Performing Arts, the Tow Center provides the conservatory of music and the college’s theater department with state-of-the-art rehearsal and performance spaces. The center includes the new 225-seat Buchwald Theatre that, through a combination of a flying orchestra shell, variable acoustics and stage extensions, quickly transforms from a proscenium theater to a classic “shoe box” configuration, accommodating the pressing programmatic needs of both theater and music. The building also includes a new scene shop, large theater and orchestra rehearsal halls, a recording studio and the PIMA Center for Computer Music, and over 30 music studios and practice rooms. The building’s large portal, combined with its transparent facade, provides a new, much more welcoming entrance to campus, transforming the interface between the college and its neighbors.

This project was programmed and designed by Pfeiffer prior to joining Perkins Eastman.

Project Facts

Client :

The City University of New York

Size :

62,000 sf | 5,760 sm

Sustainability :

LEED Silver

Region:

United States

Studios:

New York