Renssalear Polytechnic Institute
Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center
Troy, New York/USA
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), founded in 1824, is the oldest technological university in the United States, and
renowned in its role as a leader in all fields of research and technology.
The “Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center” (EMPAC) will serve the campus, the region and the international
arts community, as a nexus of technological and artistic innovation; providing a wide and flexible range of major venues
for performance, and unsurpassed facilities not available anywhere else under a single roof.
EMPAC utilizes state-of-the-art technology and lighting systems throughout, to fullfill precise lighting criteria which are
fully coordinated with world class acoustics requirements. Lighting solutions range from LED technology in the concert
hall to illumination for the massive ‘hull’ design which gives the project its iconic nighttime identity.
