Cincinnati Ballet Center for Dance — REALM Collaborative
A landscape precedent featuring tiered turf and concrete amphitheater seating that integrates an architectural building edge with an outdoor public gathering space.
- What we like about this project
- Angled structural columns punctuate the transition between indoor and outdoor spectator spaces.
Materials
- concrete
- turf
- glass
- steel
Visual identifiers
- turf-steps
- tiered-amphitheater
- angled-columns
- concrete-retaining-walls
Style tags
- contemporary
- civic
- landscape-led
Visual tags
- public-realm
- amphitheater
- landscape-architecture
- outdoor-gathering
- urban-plaza
- Geometry
- Linear tiered concrete and turf amphitheater seating steps down toward a plaza, set against a background of sloped, wooded hills.
- Facade system
- Glass storefront curtain wall sheltered beneath a projecting upper volume.
- Structural guess
- Cast-in-place concrete terracing with steel structural columns supporting the upper building overhang.
- Spatial scale
- Human-scale public seating accommodating large crowds.
- Lighting
- Bright, direct daylight casting soft shadows across the amphitheater steps.
- Atmosphere
- Active, communal, and open-air atmosphere filled with daylight and greenery.
- Environmental context
- Outdoor public gathering area adjacent to a modern facility with a lush, wooded hillside in the background.
- Spatial experience
- An outdoor gathering space that bridges the building's covered portico with an open public plaza.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating diagonal steps and vertical structural pilotis create a structured rhythm.
- Style reading
- Contemporary civic landscape integration
- Program
- Outdoor performance and community gathering space
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- landscape
- Materials
- concrete, turf, glass, steel
- Visual identifiers
- turf-steps, tiered-amphitheater, angled-columns, concrete-retaining-walls
- Style tags
- contemporary, civic, landscape-led
- Visual tags
- public-realm, amphitheater, landscape-architecture, outdoor-gathering, urban-plaza
- Geometry
- Linear tiered concrete and turf amphitheater seating steps down toward a plaza, set against a background of sloped, wooded hills.
- Facade system
- Glass storefront curtain wall sheltered beneath a projecting upper volume.
- Structural guess
- Cast-in-place concrete terracing with steel structural columns supporting the upper building overhang.
- Spatial scale
- Human-scale public seating accommodating large crowds.
- Lighting
- Bright, direct daylight casting soft shadows across the amphitheater steps.
- Atmosphere
- Active, communal, and open-air atmosphere filled with daylight and greenery.
- Environmental context
- Outdoor public gathering area adjacent to a modern facility with a lush, wooded hillside in the background.
- Spatial experience
- An outdoor gathering space that bridges the building's covered portico with an open public plaza.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating diagonal steps and vertical structural pilotis create a structured rhythm.
- Style reading
- Contemporary civic landscape integration
- Program
- Outdoor performance and community gathering space
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- landscape