We are talking about the Wolf Center for the Arts at the University of Bowling Green. It combines classrooms, rehearsal studios and auditoriums of three departments of the university: the school of arts, the faculty of theater and cinema, and the college of music.
The building faces the campus street with its raised main facade. Its volume decreases from this point, smoothly turning into a green public space and a backyard. Such a technique, as well as the allocation of the stage area of the main hall into a volume protruding from above, reminds of
the opera house in Oslo, a key building of the architects.
The bright lobby unites all levels of the building: the halls of the upper floors, auditoriums and studios open there. It should become a place for the exchange of ideas between students and educators of all specialties.
From there you can get into three auditoriums: the main one, for 400 spectators, with a classic configuration, a studio for performances of different formats, and an experimental theater with the latest digital and sound equipment.
N. F.
