2024-05-18T16:33:23-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150404350/studio-gang-to-design-new-home-for-the-hudson-valley-shakespeare-festival-in-upstate-new-york Josh Niland 2023-12-01T12:29:00-05:00 >2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/53/531e36ed63fb969c178e38250276b426.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p><a href="https://archinect.com/studiogang" target="_blank">Studio Gang</a> has revealed plans for the new home of the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival in Upstate New York.</p> <p>Located in the town of Garrison, the 13,850-square-foot performing arts space is set to become the first-ever LEED Platinum theater design in the United States when it is completed.&nbsp;</p> <p><a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/78838165/nelson-byrd-woltz-landscape-architects" target="_blank">Nelson Byrd Woltz</a> will provide landscaping for the site, a 98-acre former golf course that was donated to the company in 2020. Anchored by an open-air theater, the design frames the surrounding natural landscape to allow for actors to emerge from the topography.&nbsp;</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/e8/e867d906762a1dcb758e9f595b9ebbe2.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/e8/e867d906762a1dcb758e9f595b9ebbe2.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Image courtesy Studio Gang</figcaption></figure><p>A timber-framed shell with wooden columns that supports the proscenium arch is carefully oriented to frame the surrounding Wey-Gat (or &ldquo;Wind Gate&rdquo;) for the audience and players. The remaining program calls for the construction of several small pavilions that will house the company's back-of-house operations, theater concessions, and standalone public restrooms. Costs of the project were not available at press ...</p>