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Tasso
Katselas Associates, Inc.’s portfolio has a wide variety of exhibition facilities
completed over the past forty years. Ranging from 350 seat theaters to smaller, more
intimate venues; the firm has the knowledge and specialized qualifications in acoustics
and sound systems to solve the most complex program requirements. In addition, the firm
has completed a substantial number of smaller gallery and exhibit spaces, both static and
dynamic, as part of larger facilities. The Carnegie Science Center, for example, contains
multiple theaters and one facility. |
Carnegie Science Center
The Carnegie Science Center is a 150,000 SF multi-purpose science education facility
located on a visually prominent riverbank across from Pittsburgh's downtown district. The
four-story facility houses a 350-seat Omnimax theater; a 300-seat lecture amphitheater; a
150-seat planetarium; six exhibit spaces; a 180-seat restaurant with an outdoor terrace; a
museum store and ancillary offices for administrative and support staff. Completed in
1991; the steel, concrete and metal panel structure provides the region with a
centrally-located, comprehensive science and educational facility which continues the
mission of both the Buhl Planetarium and The Carnegie. |
For over forty
years Tasso Katselas Associates, Inc. has been a leader in the design of innovative,
cost-effective solutions for all types of health care facilities. These facilities have
ranged from full service hospitals to medical clinics, medical office buildings, nursing
homes and assisted living centers. In addition, the firm has completed numerous housing
facilities designed specifically around the needs of the elderly. |
UPMC Forbes
Tower
The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center needed to consolidate and centralize several
of their key functions into one structure and provide adequate room for expansion and
future flexibility. They turned to Tasso Katselas Associates, Inc. to provide a facility
that not only meet those needs, but also provided for distinct and separate identities for
the major affiliates. In addition, UPMC wished to be sensitive to the surrounding,
primarily residential neighborhood. The firm worked with the developer to fast track the
construction of the building shell while the interior program was developed. Separate
entrances were provided for the two major tenants, while plantings and parking buffer the
main structure from the surrounding neighborhood. A new road and a retail corridor enhance
both traffic and the pedestrian experience, while scale and materials bring a level of
detail to the streetscape. Additional underground parking provides a visually sensitive
solution while alleviating congestion on the surrounding residential streets. |
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