The Culinary Institute of America, Marriott Pavilion and Ecolab Auditorium

Hyde Park, New York

Firm

Noelker and Hull Associates, Inc.

Client

The Culinary Institute of America

Area

43,675 sq.ft.

Total Cost

$16,000,000

Completion Date

09/2013

The proposed Marriott Pavilion and Ecolab Auditorium for the Culinary Institute of America will create a much-needed campus center for musical performance, theater and lectures.

Constructed on a hillside between an existing continuing-education building and a teaching restaurant, the new structure is designed to enable floor- level connections to the continuing-
education building and grade-level entries on two floors. These entries connect to a spacious multi-level lobby that leads to an auditorium, which provides seating for 800 on the main floor and in a second-floor balcony. The stage has been sized to accommodate graduation ceremonies for up to 120 students and is equipped with a full demonstration kitchen for master chef lectures.

On the lower level, a conference facility uses a series of operable partitions to provide flexible spaces that enable small- and large-group assembly. A raised demonstration kitchen and its support spaces create a central focus at the front of the space.