Siff Group Film Center - Seattle, WA
The new year-round home for the Seattle International Film Festival at Seattle Center will include a 100 seat multi-use screening room and lecture hall, library and flex spaces, multi-media classroom, exhibition spaces, archives, and offices for SIFF and the Film School. The project transforms an existing 1962 World’s Fair pavilion overlooking Seattle Center’s central fountain plaza and reflects the Center’s commitment to introducing new media arts programming at the heart of the campus. In addition to serving as a year-round media arts education space, the theater is designed to be utilized as a presentation venue for Seattle Center cultural festivals, and will serve as the focus for SIFF’s screen-writers’s salon and education outreach programs. Sustainable design features include energy efficiency upgrades, natural ventilation and daylighting, adaptive reuse of an aging facility, and reuse of historic Cinerama theater seating. ORA has provided extensive fundraising support throughout the programming and design process, including “fly-through” videos and extensive renderings as well as assistance with donor events and solicitation.