Atlantic Center for the Arts
New Smyrna Beach, FL
Set in a dense ecological preserve on Florida's Intercoastal Waterway, the Leeper Studio Complex is home to a reknowned artists-residency program that counts such artists as Robert Rauchenberg, Lukas Foss, Edward Albee and Alice Aycock among its alumni. The complex includes studios for dance, drama, painting, sculpture, music and writing; plus a black-box theater, library and dining hall. The design weaves studio pavilions into the vegetation, creating a sense of complete immersion into the landscape. The pavilions are linked by a boardwalk, which sits two and a half feet off the jungle floor and provides both circulation and public spaces to exchange ideas and spark collaboration between artists. Structures are highly responsive to the environment: Each roof, for example, gathers torrential rainfalls and channels the water into a single scupper; expansive glass walls maximize northern light while wood louvers lessen the effects of direct tropical sunlight. Materials include cedar siding; epoxy-coated steel curbs, lightposts and trellises; mahogany windows; lead-coated copper roofs; poured-in-place concrete and glass.
Completed in 1997, the Leeper Studio Complex has won widespread recognition: two State of Florida grants; an American Institute of Architects National Honor Award for Design Excellence; an American Institute of Architects New England Honor Award for Design Excellence; I.D. Magazine's Annual Design Review Design Distinction Award; a Boston Society of Architects Design Honor Award; an American Wood Council Honor Award; a Progressive Architecture magazine award. In addition, the project has been featured in Architectural Record, Architecture, Progressive Architecture, GA and INSITE.
Please see our Flash website at www.charlesrosearchitects.com for a more complete representation of this project.
New Smyrna Beach, FL
Set in a dense ecological preserve on Florida's Intercoastal Waterway, the Leeper Studio Complex is home to a reknowned artists-residency program that counts such artists as Robert Rauchenberg, Lukas Foss, Edward Albee and Alice Aycock among its alumni. The complex includes studios for dance, drama, painting, sculpture, music and writing; plus a black-box theater, library and dining hall. The design weaves studio pavilions into the vegetation, creating a sense of complete immersion into the landscape. The pavilions are linked by a boardwalk, which sits two and a half feet off the jungle floor and provides both circulation and public spaces to exchange ideas and spark collaboration between artists. Structures are highly responsive to the environment: Each roof, for example, gathers torrential rainfalls and channels the water into a single scupper; expansive glass walls maximize northern light while wood louvers lessen the effects of direct tropical sunlight. Materials include cedar siding; epoxy-coated steel curbs, lightposts and trellises; mahogany windows; lead-coated copper roofs; poured-in-place concrete and glass.
Completed in 1997, the Leeper Studio Complex has won widespread recognition: two State of Florida grants; an American Institute of Architects National Honor Award for Design Excellence; an American Institute of Architects New England Honor Award for Design Excellence; I.D. Magazine's Annual Design Review Design Distinction Award; a Boston Society of Architects Design Honor Award; an American Wood Council Honor Award; a Progressive Architecture magazine award. In addition, the project has been featured in Architectural Record, Architecture, Progressive Architecture, GA and INSITE.
Please see our Flash website at www.charlesrosearchitects.com for a more complete representation of this project.
