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Dwana Smallwood Performing Arts Center

Brooklyn, NY, USA • 2016

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Dwana Smallwood Performing Arts Center

Brooklyn, NY, USA • 2016

Dance studios and performance space for an underserved community.

The Dwana Smallwood Performing Arts Center aims to use the arts, primarily dance, as a means to empower youth within New York’s inner city communities. DSPAC endeavors to mold elite dancers and artists who will be able to develop, grow and compete on the world’s stage.  

The center is a springboard for creating community identity and encouraging creative activity within an underserved population. Located on the upper floors of an industrial building in Brooklyn's Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood, the center anchors itself to the street through a vibrant sculpted concrete entry portal and illuminated marquee.

Cast ripple and spiral panels hint at the energy and dynamic spirit of the public programs. The library reception area creates an oasis of calm for reading and stretching, as well as social space for connecting with friends and neighbors.  Three dimensional milled panels extend the rippling circular motif into the program spaces. 

The center combines flexible dance studios, performance spaces and administrative functions and serves as a significant cultural resource for the community. 

Awards:

  • 2018 NYCxDesign Award
  • 2017 AIA New York Honors Award
  • 2017 Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce Building Brooklyn Award
  • 2017 Architizer A+ Finalist 

The Dwana Smallwood Performing Arts Center aims to use the arts, primarily dance, as a means to empower youth within New York’s inner city communities. DSPAC endeavors to mold elite dancers and artists who will be able to develop, grow and compete on the world’s stage.  

The center is a springboard for creating community identity and encouraging creative activity within an underserved population. Located on the upper floors of an industrial building in Brooklyn's Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood, the center anchors itself to the street through a vibrant sculpted concrete entry portal and illuminated marquee.

Cast ripple and spiral panels hint at the energy and dynamic spirit of the public programs. The library reception area creates an oasis of calm for reading and stretching, as well as social space for connecting with friends and neighbors.  Three dimensional milled panels extend the rippling circular motif into the program spaces. 

The center combines flexible dance studios, performance spaces and administrative functions and serves as a significant cultural resource for the community. 

Awards:

  • 2018 NYCxDesign Award
  • 2017 AIA New York Honors Award
  • 2017 Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce Building Brooklyn Award
  • 2017 Architizer A+ Finalist 

DESIGN TEAM

Jordan Parnass
Mithila Poojari
Lucie Tomastikova
John Baker
Philip M. Weller
Dimiti Kim
Carlos Gastelum
Chris Nelson

CONTRACTORS

Supreme General Contracting

CONSULTANTS

EP Engineering (MEP)
A Degree of Freedom (Structural)

PHOTOGRAPHER

Amy Barkow Photography


The Dwana Smallwood Performing Arts Center aims to use the arts, primarily dance, as a means to empower youth within New York’s inner city communities. DSPAC endeavors to mold elite dancers and artists who will be able to develop, grow and compete on the world’s stage.  

The center is a springboard for creating community identity and encouraging creative activity within an underserved population. Located on the upper floors of an industrial building in Brooklyn's Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood, the center anchors itself to the street through a vibrant sculpted concrete entry portal and illuminated marquee.

Cast ripple and spiral panels hint at the energy and dynamic spirit of the public programs. The library reception area creates an oasis of calm for reading and stretching, as well as social space for connecting with friends and neighbors.  Three dimensional milled panels extend the rippling circular motif into the program spaces. 

The center combines flexible dance studios, performance spaces and administrative functions and serves as a significant cultural resource for the community. 

Awards:

  • 2018 NYCxDesign Award
  • 2017 AIA New York Honors Award
  • 2017 Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce Building Brooklyn Award
  • 2017 Architizer A+ Finalist 

Dance studios and performance space for an underserved community.

The Dwana Smallwood Performing Arts Center aims to use the arts, primarily dance, as a means to empower youth within New York’s inner city communities. DSPAC endeavors to mold elite dancers and artists who will be able to develop, grow and compete on the world’s stage.  

The center is a springboard for creating community identity and encouraging creative activity within an underserved population. Located on the upper floors of an industrial building in Brooklyn's Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood, the center anchors itself to the street through a vibrant sculpted concrete entry portal and illuminated marquee.

Cast ripple and spiral panels hint at the energy and dynamic spirit of the public programs. The library reception area creates an oasis of calm for reading and stretching, as well as social space for connecting with friends and neighbors.  Three dimensional milled panels extend the rippling circular motif into the program spaces. 

The center combines flexible dance studios, performance spaces and administrative functions and serves as a significant cultural resource for the community. 

Awards:

  • 2018 NYCxDesign Award
  • 2017 AIA New York Honors Award
  • 2017 Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce Building Brooklyn Award
  • 2017 Architizer A+ Finalist 

DESIGN TEAM

Jordan Parnass
Mithila Poojari
Lucie Tomastikova
John Baker
Philip M. Weller
Dimiti Kim
Carlos Gastelum
Chris Nelson

CONTRACTORS

Supreme General Contracting

CONSULTANTS

EP Engineering (MEP)
A Degree of Freedom (Structural)

PHOTOGRAPHER

Amy Barkow Photography

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