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Post by crusader12 on Sept 26, 2022 10:52:13 GMT -5
It has been frequently commented on. I do not like the exterior either, but have you been inside ? I have not but look forward to going in at some point.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Sept 26, 2022 11:16:33 GMT -5
Looks like it is down in a basement based on the lack of windows that seem everywhere in the PPAC and an area I did not wander into. It also looks like it is taken from a stage looking out to where the audience seating would be. And, granted, the large open floor space might be for performing (dance, musical instruments, etc.) It also looks like it is very large enough to put in many temporary seats which could easily bring the seating capacity to over 200. Just a theory. I think it can be seen on the webcam, on the north side, lowest level. Above it may be the Boroughs Theater, and above Boroughs theater is the glass windowed dance studio, with the terrace looking out on Worcester. This is The Pit, in the basement of O'Kane which was/is still? used as a studio theater.
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Post by CHC8485 on Sept 26, 2022 19:17:03 GMT -5
This image was taken from a TV station's recent tour. It appears to show the Studio Theater. Unless there are seats that are hidden out of sight, the number of seats that can be seen is not near the 200 seats in the Boroughs Theater, the multi-purpose performance space. This is also not a $5 million space. Attended the Community Day at the Prior PAC Saturday. The inside is amazing. Heard a brief jazz performance by Mike Monaghan and Friends (Mike is the director of the HC Jazz Ensemble). The Luth Concert Hal is beautiful. The acoustics were outstanding. As to the Boroughs Theater, to call it modular is a gross understatement. You are looking into the theater (in the first floor of the building) from the Bee Hive ( the central atrium of the building). The "wall" on that side of the theater is stored in this picture. Envision another set of seats opposite the ones in the picture with a wall behind it. The stage is the floor between the seats. There was a rehearsal going on in there as part of the community day. Here's a pictures from the day that gives you a sense of how the theater may be used. It was probably taken from the seats that are stored in the picture. There are more pictures from the day here: news.holycross.edu/blog/2022/09/26/photo-gallery-visitors-experience-prior-performing-arts-center-at-community-day/?utm_source=linkedin&utm_medium=social+media&utm_campaign=2022newsroom&utm_term=2022social
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Post by hchoops on Sept 26, 2022 19:34:52 GMT -5
Thanks for the link
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Sept 27, 2022 12:05:19 GMT -5
This image was taken from a TV station's recent tour. It appears to show the Studio Theater. Unless there are seats that are hidden out of sight, the number of seats that can be seen is not near the 200 seats in the Boroughs Theater, the multi-purpose performance space. This is also not a $5 million space. Attended the Community Day at the Prior PAC Saturday. The inside is amazing. Heard a brief jazz performance by Mike Monaghan and Friends (Mike is the director of the HC Jazz Ensemble). The Luth Concert Hal is beautiful. The acoustics were outstanding. As to the Boroughs Theater, to call it modular is a gross understatement. You are looking into the theater (in the first floor of the building) from the Bee Hive ( the central atrium of the building). The "wall" on that side of the theater is stored in this picture. Envision another set of seats opposite the ones in the picture with a wall behind it. The stage is the floor between the seats. There was a rehearsal going on in there as part of the community day. Here's a pictures from the day that gives you a sense of how the theater may be used. It was probably taken from the seats that are stored in the picture. There are more pictures from the day here: news.holycross.edu/blog/2022/09/26/photo-gallery-visitors-experience-prior-performing-arts-center-at-community-day/?utm_source=linkedin&utm_medium=social+media&utm_campaign=2022newsroom&utm_term=2022socialThank you. The mezzanine was cut off in the TV station view. The dance studio is named the Alden Trust dance studio.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Sept 28, 2022 16:35:06 GMT -5
After a bit of star-gazing and much contemplation, I think The Studio Theater is The Pit in O'Kane. And The Pit is mow part of the PCPA's array of performance spaces. Holy Cross decided to keep the Brooks Recital Hall separate, because perhaps it was named for Brooks, and was renovated with alumni donations and class gifts, IIRC. What originally was the to be Studio Theater morphed into the Boroughs Theater. The Fenwick Theater is closed and will be re-purposed.
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Post by HC13 on Sept 28, 2022 17:58:18 GMT -5
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Post by hchoops on Sept 28, 2022 18:08:44 GMT -5
Very impressive What I understood
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Post by Crucis#1 on Sept 28, 2022 21:04:05 GMT -5
Has the space of the former Cantor Gallery in O’Kane, been determined regarding future use?
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Sept 29, 2022 8:06:49 GMT -5
I believe the Sasaki master campus plan will address the vacated spaces in O'Kane, aside from The Pit. -------------- Diller, Scofidio + Renfro get a shout out in the NY Times today for their work at Lincoln Center. The article is mostly about the reconstructed Geffen Hall, originally Philharmonic Hall. They were the architects for Alice Tully Hall, but not Geffen. www.nytimes.com/2022/09/29/arts/music/david-geffen-hall-reopening-lincoln-center.htmlFrom the New York Times article,
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Post by hchoops on Sept 29, 2022 8:58:11 GMT -5
After reading this, a NYC architect friend wrote : “This sounds like such a powerful addition to the Holy Cross campus! Architecture can be so transformational - Diller Scofidio + Renfro are masters and it sounds like Holy Cross is really working hard to meet the moment.”
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Post by purplehaze on Sept 29, 2022 9:01:17 GMT -5
I was struck by this expression in the introductory paragraph in the attached article - I really think the student body is still largely 'Christian' - I hope this is just an error by the author
'The school in Worcester, Massachusetts has weathered the transition from all-men to coed, "from a largely Christian to a nondenominational student body",
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Post by mm67 on Sept 29, 2022 11:16:12 GMT -5
Could be wrong but possibly HC is nondenominational in the sense that one does not need to be Catholic for admission. Mass is no longer a requirement. Expect that Catholic Theology is no longer a course requirement.HC is not a parochial school. There are different faith or no faith traditions represented in the student body. HC has evolved. However, in its core mission of men & women for others HC is very much a Catholic Jesuit college. In some ways HC may be truly more authentically Catholic than in the past with its compulsory Mass attendance & rote Catholicism which had little meaning for some. HC is Catholic with a nondenominational student body? Maybe I'm contorting in trying to square a circle. I don't know. Just a thought...
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Post by newfieguy74 on Sept 29, 2022 13:50:00 GMT -5
After reading this, a NYC architect friend wrote : “This sounds like such a powerful addition to the Holy Cross campus! Architecture can be so transformational - Diller Scofidio + Renfro are masters and it sounds like Holy Cross is really working hard to meet the moment.” Totally agree. PPAC doesn't just improve HC at the margins but in many ways will become the focal point of the campus, Transformational is the right word.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Sept 29, 2022 17:37:08 GMT -5
My recollection is that during Fr. McF.'s tenure, the students were polled on what they wanted most from the standpoint of new facilities, and the vote was for a 'living room' where students could gather and socialize. --And Hogan wasn't it.
I think the college began addressing the need for a 'living room' with the central interior court at Fauci; areas for socializing at 'The Jo', and to a lesser extent, Luth; and the 'Beehive' at the Prior is mow the culminating point.
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Post by sader1970 on Sept 29, 2022 18:42:20 GMT -5
😂How times have changed! Try as I might, I can’t think of Holy Cross doing a poll asking what I and my contemporaries would like. Of course we were spoiled with the new Hogan campus center which we thought was great.
On-site basketball arena? Heck no. We had the Auditorium.
And obviously all the buildings were 50+ years newer than they are now, so why ask us?🤷🏻♂️
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Post by hchoops on Sept 29, 2022 18:49:24 GMT -5
The class of ‘67 did not have Hogan.
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Post by sader1970 on Sept 29, 2022 19:21:18 GMT -5
Yes, I know, since Hogan opened in my sophomore year. But you at least saw the foundation and framing.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Sept 30, 2022 13:22:54 GMT -5
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Post by hchoops on Sept 30, 2022 13:40:14 GMT -5
Thanks, PP Terrific photos Do you, or anyone, know who the current faculty member is who is a MacArthur Genius award recipient ?
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Post by newfieguy74 on Sept 30, 2022 13:53:39 GMT -5
Thanks, PP Terrific photos Do you, or anyone, know who the current faculty member is who is a MacArthur Genius award recipient ? Is it Osvaldo Golijov?
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Post by HC16 on Sept 30, 2022 17:52:28 GMT -5
Thanks, PP Terrific photos Do you, or anyone, know who the current faculty member is who is a MacArthur Genius award recipient ? Is it Osvaldo Golijov? Osvaldo was a MacArthur fellow in 2003. I'm not aware if there's another.
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Post by hchoops on Oct 1, 2022 7:55:28 GMT -5
My architect friend wrote : Have you seen Richard Serra's "torqued ellipses" ? I think some of them are at The Guggenheim... They're huge corten steel sculptures - and seem like a clear inspiration for one of the building materials and some of the forms.
(i am unable to copy and paste the images. if interested, google works)
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Oct 1, 2022 8:13:44 GMT -5
Check out some of our architect's other designs on PP's post 5 above. To me they just seem designed to shock people--some extremely bizarre looking buildings. There are some scathing comments from observers about the University of Toronto work. Well, the inside of our building is impressive and let's hope itis functional acoustically and otherwise.
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Post by CHC8485 on Oct 1, 2022 10:06:03 GMT -5
I can tell you from being in there for a performance that the Luth Concert Hall functions extra-ordinarily well acoustically.
Was told that with the wall up and the doors closed in the Boroughs Theater, you can not hear anything from the Beehive and vice versa.
The Scene Shop and Costume Shop are impressive and the folks who work in them were ebullient about the spaces and were eager to discuss all of the features of their spaces.
And the Cantor Art Gallery is a big step up over the lobby of O'Kane with natural light pouring in through the West facing wall of windows over the main entrance. I would not say it is appreciably larger than the old space (essentially as big as a single gallery in a larger museum) but you can envision the flexibility of the space for other exhibits.
I believe it will work extraordinarily well. My only question is, if the building was intended to be a "living room," what will bring the students to hang out there on a random Tuesday afternoon or evening. There's a serving counter for what I assume will be lunch or coffee bar and some seating, but unless you are going there for a performance or a class or workshop, I do not see students heading there to simply hang out together.
If you look at The Jo, Hogan, The Prior PAC, and Luth/Hart Center as well as all the fields behind Hart it does complete a new Quad, if you will, for student activities, which may have been the intention.
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