The Shed

DILLER SCOFIDIO
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 The Shed is a nonprofit cultural organization that commissions,

develops, and presents original works of art, across all
disciplines, for all audiences. The Shed’s Bloomberg Building—
an innovative 200,000-square-foot (18,500 m²) structure can
physically transform to support artists’ most ambitious ideas.
 The Shed's eight-level base building includes two levels of
gallery space; the versatile Griffin Theater; and The Tisch
Skylights, which comprise a rehearsal space, a creative lab
for local artists, and a skylit event space. The McCourt, an
iconic space for large-scale performances, installations,
and events, is formed when The Shed’s telescoping outer
shell is deployed from over the base building and glides
along rails onto the adjoining plaza.
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 When deployed, the Shed's shell creates a 17,200-square-

foot light-, sound-, and temperature-controlled hall that
can serve an infinite variety of uses. The hall can
accommodate an audience of 1,200 seated or 2,700
standing; flexible overlap space in the two adjoining
galleries of the base building allows for an expanded
audience in the hall of up to 3,000.