The movable shell travels on a double-wheel track based on gantry crane technology commonly found in shipping ports and railway systems. It features The Shed’s first visual art commission, IN FRONT OF ITSELF, a large-scale, site-specific work by Lawrence Weiner fabricated with custom paving stones. The Plaza can be used as an outdoor public space for programming when the movable shell is retracted to nest over the base building. The Tisch Skylights and Lab, on the top floor, are striking spaces for events, rehearsals, and artist development that seat approximately 450 people, with standing room for 750. Griffin Theater, on Level 6, can seat 500 people and be subdivided into more intimate spaces to suit the needs of a range of productions and installations. The Level 2 and Level 4 Galleries, totaling 25,000 square feet, are expansive, column-free, museum-quality spaces. (Please note: During events, the 2,200 capacity does not account for staging, back-of-house set-up, etc.) The empty space can hold an audience of up to 2,220 and accommodate a standing audience of approximately 1,200 (900 in the lower McCourt). ![]() The McCourt, The Shed’s most iconic space, is formed when the movable outer shell is deployed over the adjoining plaza to create a 17,000-square-foot light-, sound-, and temperature-controlled hall for large-scale performances, installations, and events. ![]() The Shed’s Bloomberg Building, designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Lead Architect, and Rockwell Group, Collaborating Architect, is an innovative 200,000-square-foot structure that physically transforms to support artists’ most ambitious ideas.
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