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CLARK CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS
ARROYO GRANDE, CALIFORNIA
The Clark Center is a regional Performing Arts Center located in San Luis Obispo County, California, providing a venue for professional touring shows in addition to production spaces for community use and a very active high school arts program. Concrete masonry block units are key design components for appropriate architectural character, cost effective structure and acoustics. JVSA Architects, specializing in Performing Arts facilities, was responsible for every aspect of the design, including theatre technology and acoustics.
The core of the building is formed entirely with concrete masonry block, including the 65-foot high stagehouse containing its extensive theatrical rigging loads. Concrete masonry block is also carried around the full perimeter of the building, and split-face concrete masonry block is exposed in the 650-seat main theatre for sound diffusion as part of what has proven to be very successful acoustical design.
In addition to the main theatre with full fly tower and orchestra pit, the 32,000 square-foot building also includes a large lobby with mezzanine, 150-seat studio theatre, extra large public restrooms, full technical production spaces, dressing rooms, and a special Donors Meeting Room. Inside and outside 8-inch and 12-inch concrete masonry block units are used with a random pattern based on percentages of different color tones in “field” and “accent” blocks, including areas of horizontal banding. The same concrete masonry block is also used in the plaza planters and the main signage wall.
ARCHITECT:
JVSA Architects
711
W. 17th Street, Suite A-8
Costa Mesa, CA 92627
John
von Szeliski, Ph.D., AIA
Principal in Charge
JVSA/Performing
Arts
Theatre Consultant
JVSA/Performing
Arts
Acoustical Consultant
STRUCTURAL ENGINEER:
Dames
and Moore/URS
Structural Engineer
OWNER:
Lucia
Mar Unified
School District
