2024-12-24T11:18:14-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150294034/turn-like-a-wheel-inside-a-wheel-steinmetz-hall-is-almost-ready-to-move-and-groove-in-orlando Josh Niland 2022-01-11T18:49:00-05:00 >2024-10-25T04:07:38-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/be/bed777cbd133e7a1b99d377b4a318628.jpeg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Future generations of concertgoers in the <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/637017/orlando" target="_blank">Orlando</a> area will want a ticket to commemorate the moment the city&rsquo;s dynamic new $612 million performance venue makes its theatrical debut at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts this&nbsp;Friday.&nbsp;</p> <p>Designed by former <a href="https://archinect.com/uclaaud" target="_blank">UCLA</a> faculty member <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/65586344/barton-myers-associates" target="_blank">Barton Myers</a>, Steinmetz Hall is a mechanical wonder made even more remarkable by the way its form can be shifted to adapt to one of the building&rsquo;s myriad uses. The concert hall has a maximum seating capacity of 1,650 and consists of multiple layouts that can be applied to a variety of individual types of musical and artistic performances.</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/54/548493f55b5cca12d17a9d0f54520a94.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/54/548493f55b5cca12d17a9d0f54520a94.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Photo courtesy Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts</figcaption></figure><p>With help from Gala Systems, Myers created a series of interchangeable components that can be rearranged seamlessly according to need. A retractable acoustic shell is moved in and out of place thanks to 65 feet of track that facilitates the theater&rsquo;s biggest area of public use as a concert hall. Additional space...</p>