The Miami Beach SoundScape is framed by the vibrant Lincoln Road Mall, the Fillmore Miami Beach at the Jackie Gleason Theater, the Miami Beach Convention Center, and the New World Symphony’s New World Center (NWC) campus. This flexible, outdoor multi-use space is everything but ordinary. As its name implies, this public area is about music, sound, art, culture, landscape and people.
Designed by world-renowned Dutch architectural firm West 8 New York, the two-and-a-half acre Miami Beach SoundScape contains unique features in its design. One-of-a-kind steel pergolas inspired by the puffy cumulus clouds of the tropical climate join seat walls in an undulating landscape and “veils” of palm tree plantings that conceal and reveal views. A mosaic of meandering pathways connects all corners of the space.
By far one of SoundScape’s most anticipated features is the ExoStage @ the Miami Beach SoundScape. The open, grassy viewing area faces a 7,500 square foot (75′ x 100′) projection wall on the eastern front of the NWC building. Complete with a world-class audio system, ExoStage after dark will provide a canvas for video art, music, film and simulcasts of concerts playing inside the NWC.
The $13 million SoundScape project broke ground in August 2010 and was completed on time and on budget. Additional improvements were also made to the surrounding infrastructure and street, including Lincoln Lane North.
As an added convenience for area visitors, the Frank Gehry-designed Pennsylvania Avenue public parking garage just west of the NWC is open. This fully self-serve garage features 550 parking spaces and approximately 8,000 square feet of first class retail space. The garage provides access to the NWC via a third floor covered walkway and is illuminated with LED lights at night that coordinate in color with lights on the protruding sunshade from NWC’s north façade.
DATE: Tuesday, January 25
TIME: 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Live outdoor entertainment, unveiling of video projection wall, & co-dedication ceremony with New World Symphony
ADDRESS: 1670 Washington Avenue, Miami Beach (corner of 17 Street and Washington Avenue)
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
