Segerstrom Center for the Arts

Project Details

Location: Costa Mesa, CA

Our Work: Damian was the Principal Acoustical Designer of these facilities and oversaw all aspects of their design and construction while he was a partner at Artec.

Architect: Cesar Pelli and Associates and Gruen Architects

Acoustics & Theatre Consultant: Artec Consultants

Theatre Consultant: Artec Consultants

Services:

Completed: 2006

Team Member(s): Damian Doria, FASA

The Segerstrom Center for the Arts includes the 2,000-seat Segerstrom Concert Hall and the 500-seat Samueli Theatre, along with two rehearsal spaces, a restaurant, a founders’ room and stunning lobby spaces. The Concert Hall has three silver-leafed canopies, four reverberation chambers and 128 concrete and wood doors which provide variable acoustics to accommodate many types of performances from symphony orchestra to solo instrumentalists and vocalists both with and without amplification. Damian was the Principal Acoustical Designer of this facility and oversaw all aspects of its design and construction while he was President of Artec.

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I more than highly recommend Mr. Doria and Stages Consultants, their sensitive customer service and excellent professionalism in all areas of theater.”

Kerry A. Madden, former Vice President of Operations, Orange County Performing Arts Center, CA

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