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Young Centre for the Performing Arts

Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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This 44,000 square foot facility is the result of an adaptive reuse of two former tank houses in Toronto’s Historic Distillery District, creating a versatile multivenue arts center to serve the needs of a regional theatre company, the theatre program of a nearby college, and community arts groups.

A set of intimate performance spaces and studio/rehearsal rooms are connected through a central two-story lobby and include four flexible theatres—all of which offer adjustable staging configurations—and three large studio spaces, which feature lighting grids and sprung floors. Support spaces and a set of classrooms offer resources for rehearsals or meetings, or as breakout spaces for special events. The lobby, which is commonly used for informal performances, encourages community gathering, interaction, and collaboration and features a café, fireplace, bookstore, communal tables, projection systems, and a large screen.

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owner:
George Brown College and Soulpepper Theatre Company
architect:
Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects
acoustician:
Aercoustics Engineering Limited
users:
George Brown College and Soulpepper Theatre Company
spaces:
  • 387-seat courtyard theatre
  • 269-seat flexible theatre
  • 100-seat studio theatre
  • 90-seat flexible theatre
construction type:
Adaptive reuse
theatre type:
Arts & cultural centers
services:
Programming, concept design, theatre planning, and theatre equipment design and specification
completion:
2006
Tom Arban Photography
Tom Arban Photography
Tom Arban Photography

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