Environmental Controls
In keeping with their distinct functional requirements, each of the Center's three wings is designed to support different acoustical, air-handling, and climate control needs.
In the studio wing, space air-pressure differential and outside air dilution and exhaust maintain the indoor air quality for classrooms, offices, art studios, sculpture and ceramic areas, photography labs, and woodworking and welding areas, preventing the spread of gaseous odors from room to room and throughout other spaces in the building. Strict acoustical requirements (NC 25) isolate sound within the various performance spaces and their backstage areas. Despite wide fluctuations in building load (depending on the number of users), automatic building systems maintain different environments for each space by monitoring and controlling air temperature, humidity levels, and the amount of outside air entering the space.
