Orlando, Fla. – The Dr. P. Phillips Orlando Performing Arts Center (DPAC) announced the selection of the Design Team at a community gathering at the Beardall Senior Center. Selected through a public procurement process was Theatre Projects Consultants for theater planning, Artec Consultants for acoustical design and Donnell Consultants Inc., responsible for theater costing. To round out the initial Design Team, design architect Barton Myers Associates, Inc. and development partner Hines were procured in 2005.
The event provided the opportunity for the community to hear from world-renowned experts in theater architecture, planning, and acoustics, as well as participate in a Q&A session.
“These firms have been involved with some of the greatest halls in the world and what they’ve done with them really exceeds the expectations of both the artists and the audiences, said DPAC Chairman Jim Pugh.”
Theatre Projects Consultants (TPC) is an international team of theatre designers, planners, and theatre equipment specialists offering a comprehensive approach to performance space consulting. For 50 years TPC has provided creative design solutions and innovative performance technology to over 1,000 projects in more than 60 countries such as Tempe Center for the Arts in Arizona, Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles and the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood.
Artec Consultants is the global leader in the design and planning of innovative performing arts facilities. Founded in 1970, Artec provides specialized consulting services for venues of all types from educational facilities, opera houses, concert halls, and multi-purpose theatres, to open air venues and historic renovations. Some notable halls include Rose Theater at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York, Knight Concert Hall in Miami and the National Philharmonic Hall in Budapest.
Donnell Consultants Inc. (DCI) was founded in Tampa in 1986, particularly to serve this highly specialized market sector of performing and visual arts facilities’ program analysis, budgeting and capital cost control in a committed way. DCI will focus on project management efficiencies and performance equipment cost planning throughout the completion of the Orlando facility.
DPAC will be home to the region’s resident organizations’ performances, including the Orlando Philharmonic, Orlando Ballet, Orlando Opera and Festival of Orchestras. In addition, it will provide a venue for touring shows. The performing arts center plans to develop a mixed-use urban arts facility with two large performance halls, a 300-seat theater, educational facilities and a public plaza for outdoor performances.
The Dr. P. Phillips Orlando Performing Arts Center (DPAC), a 501(c) 3 nonprofit corporation, is responsible to design, build and operate a performing arts center in Orlando. The vision of DPAC is to develop a destination that elevates the arts, provides the best arts education, generates urban renewal, and most importantly, is programmed to be fiscally responsible in construction and operations. For more information about the DPAC initiative, please visit www.orlandopac.org.