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Founded in 1824, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) is one of America’s leading research universities with a reputation for creative and interactive learning and the application of information technology to education. The Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC) is a nexus of technological and artistic innovation and optimized performance space, where the intersection of science and the arts is explored through sound, movement and light.

Image Courtesy © Paul Rivera / Archphoto

• Architects: GRIMSHAW
• Project: Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC)
• Location: Troy, New York
• Photography: Paul Rivera / Archphoto, Peter Aaron / Esto
• Client: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
• Size: 19,120 sq m/ 202,000 sq ft
• Completion Date: September 2008
• Cost: $140 million
• Consultants: David Brody Bond (Architect of Record), BuroHappold (Structural and Services Engineer), Saratoga Associates (Landscape Design)