Puppetry Performing Arts, Invited Competition
Atlanta, GA
The Atlanta Puppetry Arts is a museum and performance space for the preservation and presentation of puppetry. Propelled by increasing visitor demand and significant gifts from the Jim Henson family, the expanded facility is a phased addition to the repurposed high school which has served as its home since inception. The project adds significant exhibit, performance, and educational facilities to better meet the institution’s operational mission while manifesting a strong and palpable presence within the growing cultural district of Atlanta.
The program is broken into simple bars, or “fingers”, each sized according to the spatial needs best suited to individual spaces: galleries, dining, atrium, circulation, theaters, administration, etc. These “fingers” gently bend up and down to accommodate the sloping nature of the site and functional requirements.