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REX reveals The Perelman Center, the final structure for the World Trade Center campus

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REX reveals The Perelman Center, the final structure for the World Trade Center campus

The cube-shaped building is clad in translucent book-matched marble.


By David Malone, Associate Editor | September 13, 2016

Rendering courtesy of Luxigon

The Ronald O. Perelman Performing Arts Center has officially been revealed and will mark the final building to be added to the World Trade Center campus. The Perelman, named for billionaire Ronald Perelman thanks to his $75 million charitable donation, comes from REX, a Brooklyn-based architecture firm that won a competition for the opportunity to design the building back in November 2015.

The building may have the appearance of a large, solid marble cube that forgoes windows and any opportunity for natural light in order to provide the dark spaces required for a performing arts center, but looks can be deceiving.

The Perelman will allow natural light to penetrate its walls as the façade will be primarily made up of book-matched marble cut so thin it is translucent. During the day natural light will flow into the interior space, and at night light can escape, causing the building to emit a warm glow. Blackout shades will be used when necessary to block any incoming light.

According to Curbed, REX has proposed to obtain the marble, which will be laminated between two pieces of insulated glass, from the same quarry that the marble for the Supreme Court building and Thomas Jefferson Memorial was taken from.

The building’s interior is all about flexibility. There will be three performance spaces and seven movable acoustic walls that allow for 11 different configurations across the building’s 90,000-sf layout. The three auditoriums will vary in size, with the ability to hold 499, 250, and 99 people.

The building is expected to cost $250 million to build, $175 million of which has already been raised. The remaining funds will be raised through private donations with no money for the project coming directly from the city or state.

2020 has been earmarked as the building’s completion date.

You can watch a video showcasing the center and its flexibility below.

 

 

Rendering courtesy of Luxigon

 

Rendering courtesy of Luxigon

 

Rendering courtesy of Luxigon

 

Rendering courtesy of Luxigon

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