Prize(s) Honorable Mentions
Lighting Design/Product Company Spectrum Engineers, Inc.
Lead Designers Vellachi Ganesan
Other Designer's names Erik Yamashiro, Chari L. Sherrill, Olivia Neville
Architecture Company Method Studio
Interior Design Company Method Studio
Client Mid-Valley Performing Arts Center
Photo Credits Melissa Kelsey
Other Credits Theatre Consultant: Shalleck Collaborative; Electrical Design: Spectrum Engineers
Completion Date June 2021
Project Location Taylorsville, Utah
Entry DescriptionNamed “Jewel of a Theatre,” the 70,000 sqf. Mid-Valley Performing Arts Center is a $45 million performance venue, hosting a 439-seat proscenium theater & a 212-seat studio theatre. Though situated next to the highway, there is an imbued silence as you enter. Architectural lines, forms, & materials are harmonized in poetic composition. The main intent for lighting was to capture, accentuate and express this essence of space & atmosphere.
Both interior & exterior illumination strive to present perfectly balanced, ordered visual aesthetics in each of the DMX-programmed scenes, while considering resonance with the architectural colors and materials.
To further add value & revenue-generating capacity, tunable lighting was implemented in the rehearsal room. This system allows for the space to be visually balanced (color, intensity) with daylight, functioning as a rehearsal space while also offering the possibility of low lit, warm hospitality ambiences for events.
A technical challenge in this project was lighting balcony curves in the proscenium theatre, which was lit with a side emitting fixture (LN21) in a tightly controlled detail. Special access for maintenance was designed.
