Dealing with the slope of the site came naturally from the location of the program spaces and the desire to bury these large volumes into the slope to bring down the mass of the design. For example in the image at left, the 70-foot fly space of the theater is concealed within the rectangular mass to the right of the protruding "hull". Also, by following the slope of the site, the entrance is limited to one-story in height, creating expectation as one traverses the atrium and in-between spaces towards the views of Troy and the Hudson River at the building's end.

EMPAC........................Troy, New York