Jazz at Lincoln Center, New York, New York
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| Jazz at Lincoln Center | |
| Designer | Rafael Vinoly Architects PC, New York, New York, USA |
| Location | New York, New York, USA |
| Date | to 2004 |
| Street Address | 33 West 60th Street, New York, New York, USA |
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Rafael Viñoly Architects PC designed Frederick P. Rose Hall, the new home of Jazz at Lincoln Center, as the first-ever performance, education, and broadcast facility built specifically for jazz. Located on the fifth floor of Time Warner Center, a multi-use complex on Columbus Circle in Manhattan, the multi-room, highly flexible facility allows new forms of interaction between the audience and musicians and creates a musical experience unique to jazz.
Despite the challenges of locating a performance hall four stories above grade and embedded within a major commercial complex, two major performance venues are featured—Rose Theater and The Allen Room—as well as an intimate jazz club, Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola; a multi-purpose classroom and studio, the Irene Diamond Education Center; and the Nesuhi Ertegun Jazz Hall of Fame.
Rose Theater, the largest venue, is an intimate concert space designed for jazz performance, but it can also accommodate opera, dance, theater, film, and orchestral performances. Movable towers, which double as concert seating and elements of the orchestra shell, can create a “theater-in-the-round” and allow for various seating configurations on stage. Adjustable acoustical elements such as the retractable concert ceiling above the stage add to the flexibility of the theater.
The Allen Room overlooks Columbus Circle and Central Park, and the performers perform on stage before a 50-foot-high glass wall providing one of New York City’s greatest views. The venue is visible from the street as well, reinforcing the significance of jazz music in the cultural life of the city.
Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola is an intimate jazz club that also showcases the city skyline as a backdrop for the performers. The room can accommodate ensemble performances, receptions, parties, educational seminars, and other events.
“Jazz at Lincoln Center is not just an educational institution, a performing institution, or an archival institution. It’s all of these things combined,” says Rafael Vinoly. “So, rather than having one space adapt to every possible function, we created places for encountering music in different situations. The building elevates jazz to a position of prominence, but keeps it spontaneous, intimate, and interactive.”
