作为一个充满活力的艺术校园，艺术学院是内华达大学里诺分校的艺术中心，包括了大学的艺术、音乐、戏剧和舞蹈系。最初由著名的现代主义建筑师理查德-诺伊特拉(Richard Neutra)设计，教堂美术综合楼于1962年开放，并从那时起成为大学蓬勃发展的艺术界的欢迎中心新建筑。它位于校园的中心位置，是整个社区可以欣赏到的世界级表演和主要展览的场所。
Known as a vibrant arts campus, the School of the Arts is the artistic epicenter for the University of Nevada, Reno, encompassing the university’s art, music, theater, and dance departments. Originally designed by renowned Modernist architect Richard Neutra, the Church Fine Arts complex opened in 1962 and has since served as a welcome center new building for the university’s booming arts scene. Positioned in a central location on campus, the serves as a home to world-class performances and major exhibitions the entire community can enjoy.
新设施有287个座位的演奏厅、艺术博物馆、制造实验室、电声作曲实验室、排练空间、音乐练习室、教员办公室和录音室。结合场地的地形，设计创造了一个活跃的室外广场，与校园的人行道相连接，并保留了一个大草山，这是大学原来的足球场的最后一块地方。进入建筑后，迎接游客的是一个多层次的大厅，它与广场、街道和桥梁层相连，并作为表演、展示和学习的中心和陈列室。
The new facility features a 287-seat recital hall, museum of art, fabrication lab, electroacoustic composition lab, rehearsal spaces, music practice rooms, faculty offices, and a recording studio. Engaging the topography of the site, the design creates an active outdoor plaza that links to campus pedestrian walkways and preserves a large grass hill, the last remaining piece of the university's original football stadium. Upon entering the building, visitors are greeted by a multitiered lobby, connected to the plaza, street, and bridge levels, and serves as a hub and showcase for performance, display, and learning.
演奏厅采用了座位安排，以促进增强声学效果和灵活的教学配置。空间中较低的木墙被设计成高度扩散，向多个方向传播声音；上部侧墙隐藏着可变的声学窗帘和声学扩散板。为了适应各种表演的需要，房间可以在不改变温暖的木质美学的情况下，对混响时间进行调整和调节。演奏厅的环绕式阳台为观众提供了一个独特的视角，也能让学生更近距离地观察音乐家的手势和指挥家的手势。
The recital hall employs seating arrangements that fosters enhanced acoustics and flexible teaching configurations. Lower wooden walls in the space are designed to be highly diffusive, broadcasting sound in many directions; upper side walls conceal variable acoustic drapery and acoustic diffusive panels. To accommodate a variety of performance needs, the room can be tuned and adjusted for reverberation time without altering the warm wood aesthetic. The recital hall’s wraparound balcony affords audiences a unique perspective, and can also provide students closer views of musician hand positions and conductor gestures.
电声作曲实验室(EAC lab)是内华达州的第一个电声实验室，其特点是在房间周围放置了8个扬声器，可以统一工作或独立运作，以支持音乐的创作和表演。
The electroacoustic composition lab (EAC lab), a first-of-its-kind in Nevada, features octophonic sound with eight speakers positioned around the room that can work in unison or function independently to support the creation and performance of music.
EAC实验室具有高度的灵活性，其深度嵌入的技术和基础设施可以进行广泛的数字音乐创作、播放，并加强音乐家与视频制作、视觉艺术和工程专业学生之间的跨学科合作。利利艺术博物馆的特点是大气和安全协议，以容纳和展示超大的物品、古董和气候敏感的艺术品，以及具有重大价值的物品，提高大学从收藏家和博物馆借用艺术品的能力。作为大厅的延伸，博物馆允许顾客在观看音乐表演的同时与艺术相联系。在晚上，朝北的窗户是一盏明灯，照亮了艺术物品，给人一种建筑被艺术品照亮的效果。
The EAC lab is highly flexible, with deeply embedded technology and infrastructure that allow for a wide array of digital music composition, playback, and enhanced cross-discipline collaboration between musicians, and students in video production, visual arts, and engineering. The Lilley Museum of Art features atmospheric and security protocols to house and display oversized objects, antique and climate-sensitive artworks, and items of significant value, improving the university’s ability to borrow artwork from collectors and museums. An extension of the lobby, the museum allows patrons to connect with the art while attending a music performance. At night, the north-facing window is a beacon of light, illuminating the art objects and giving the effect that the building is glowing with artwork.
设计的重点是针对当地气候的整体可持续战略，最大限度地利用自然采光。这些解决方案帮助实现了比基准校园建筑减少30%的目标，包括节能的置换式空气分配、LED照明系统、低水的异地景观种植和减少热岛效应的冷却屋顶系统。
The design focuses on holistic sustainable strategies tailored to the local climate, maximizing the use of natural daylighting. These solutions have helped achieve a 30 percent reduction from baseline campus buildings, and include energy efficient displacement air distribution, LED lighting systems, low water xeriscape landscape planting, and a cool roof system that reduces heat island effect.
Architects: DLR Group
Area: 42525 ft²
Year: 2019
Photographs: Scott Frances
Manufacturers: Dri-Design, Arcadia Inc., Armstrong Flooring, Guardian Glass, Series Seating, B & C Cabinets and Millwork, Basalite Concrete Products, RPG Acoustical Systems
Lead Architects: DLR Group – Dennis Bree
Architectural Designer: Adam Strauss
Landscape Architecture: LA Studio Nevada
Civil Engineering: Odyssey Engineering
Structural Engineering: Hyytinen Engineering
Project Architect:Dan Karas, AIA
Acoustician:Jonathan Hopkins
Lighting Design:Yosuke Hiraiwa
Electrical Engineer:Radames Cocco, PE
Mechanical & Plumbing Engineering:Ainsworth Associates Mechanical Engineers
City:Reno
Country:United States
