New York’s Perelman Performing Arts Center (PAC NYC) opened to the public in September. In collaboration with artists and institutions from around the world, the new creative center will promote the exchange of art, ideas, and culture. The PAC is located at the intersection of Vesey, Fulton, and Greenwich Streets. It is the long-awaited addition to the World Trade Center site, as envisioned in the 2003 Master Plan developed by the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation. For New Yorkers, this space articulates all the memories of the disaster. Now it has come to symbolize hope.
Designed by internationally acclaimed architecture and design firm REX, the multipurpose PAC includes three flexible theatre spaces, rehearsal rooms, administrative offices, a public café and a restaurant. This new cultural center has been designed as a highly transformable architectural volume with a variety of digital capabilities, including automated walls and flexible seating systems that allow for multiple configurations. The center is clad in a luminous marble façade, which, according to the architectural concept, is an elegant monolith during the day. The Portuguese marble has been laminated with glass on both sides, allowing daylight to penetrate the architectural structure. At night, the building is bathed in a warm and inviting light.
