ArtsQuest Center at SteelStacks
Performing Arts Center
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Project Type: New Construction
Opening: 2011
Architect: Spillman Farmer Architects
AD Scope: Acoustics, Room Design,
Sound Isolation, Noise and Vibration Control
On the site of the former Bethlehem Steel---the largest privately-owned brownfield in the country---ArtsQuest has built a 21st century town square where history, culture, education and the arts intersect with technology and celebration, standing toe-toe with the enormous blast furnaces.
This four-story, 68,000-SF performing arts center and cultural campus is topped by the Musikfest Café, an intimate concert venue for amplified cabaret style music seating 530. No seat is more than 60 feet from the stage, and all seats view the illuminated Blast Furnaces directly across from the building. Center includes a 4,000-SF community conference room, a two-screen art cinemas and a commons area.
