Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) Lincoln Center West Initiative

Overview 

New York City’s famed Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts is kicking off a $335-million transformation of the west side of its 16-acre campus. The project will feature a new 2,000-seat outdoor stage, community park spaces and welcoming entrances. The new performance venue will replace the current Guggenheim band shell and provide expanded theater support spaces, outdoor seating and a concession counter. The re-imagined plaza will include new public amenities, landscape structures and a water feature to support outdoor performances and overall increased public use.

We are providing structural design and façade engineering as well as renewal and waterproofing services to Lincoln Center. The project team includes design architect WEISS/MANFREDI, architect of record Moody Nolan, Hood Design Studio landscape architects and pre-construction manager Turner Construction Company. 

Highlights 

• A wall that currently separates the campus from Amsterdam Avenue will be removed, providing easier access from west side neighborhoods.
• The theater building will feature a curved steel lattice structure with an opaque roof and glazed skylight and supports a flexible layout for audio and lighting equipment.
• The roof will appear to float over the stage, connected only by frameless clerestory glazing sitting on an opaque, fluted precast concrete panel base. The lattice structure will extend over the outdoor performance seating in the form of a pergola, supporting vegetation and providing partial shading.
• The design was shaped by extensive community feedback.