Cypress Fairbanks ISD Visual and Performing Arts Center

Jaffe Holden, a Trinity Consultants team, worked closely with PBK Architects and theater consultant Schuler Shook to design acoustic enhancements not typical of a school this size — including dispersed seating across three levels, a mechanical orchestra pit lift, motorized adjustable acoustic banners, a demountable orchestra shell, and an active smoke evacuation system that allows better integration of the orchestra shell into the proscenium opening. Because the building houses multiple performance venues used simultaneously, the team also strategically routed an acoustical isolation joint through the structure to physically decouple the various performance spaces and control noise and vibration transfer between them. On the AV side, the team also coordinated closely with LD Systems, the project’s AV contractor, and L-Acoustics, manufacturer of the main PA, who provided tuning services for the venue’s immersive audio system.