The building includes a 500-seat multi-purpose performance hall designed to accommodate orchestral music, dance, dramatic theater, and amplified music events and festivals. The intimate, highly flexible multi-purpose theater is designed to optimize a wide range of artistic performances by local and regional arts groups.
Field Arts & Events Hall
Location
Port Angeles, Washington
Owner
Port Angeles Waterfront Center
General Contractor: Mortenson Construction
Acoustics: Jaffe Holden
Theater Planning & A/V: Shalleck Collaborative Inc.
Structural Engineering: Swenson Say Faget
MEP Engineering: Stantec
Civil Engineering: Zenovic & Associates
Landscape Architecture: Walker Macy
Lighting Design: Fisher Marantz Stone
Graphics/Signage: Studio Matthews
Project Size
40,140 square feet
Project Status
Completed
Certifications
Targeting LEED New Construction Gold
Services
Architecture, Interior Design, Planning
Field Arts & Events Hall, the first of three buildings dedicated to the arts, culture and science planned for the Port Angeles Waterfront Center, provides a new performing arts space and community gathering place on the city’s waterfront. The building is designed to specifically support numerous community arts organizations and aspires to enhance the broader creative community of Port Angeles.
The spectacular natural environment of Port Angeles, framed by the Strait of Juan de Fuca and the Olympic Mountains, is captured within the architectural gestures of the building. Public space that rises from the street to a second level provides wrap-around views of the city, the water, and the mountains. Aqua green tones, wood ceilings and curtainwall mullions, and forest and waterfront beach landscape materials connect the experience of the building with its place.
A fine art gallery, conference center and coffee shop complement the performance space and welcome the community and visitors for a variety of activities throughout the day. The project serves as a new cultural hub for Port Angeles, rooted in its natural beauty, that elevates the arts and creativity within the community.
Photography: Lara Swimmer, Adam Hunter
Port Angeles’ history in the timber industry is represented by wood accents and natural materials throughout the building. A curtain wall constructed of regionally sourced timber mullions offers a 270-degree wrap-around view in the multi-level lobby and conference spaces.
Selected Awards
2024 ENR Northwest Regional Best Projects, Construction Award
