A Sneak Peek at the New SIFF Film Center

Neighborhood blog Queen Anne View posted this animated "fly-through" video of Owen Richards Architects designs for SIFF's new Film Center.  Formerly the Alki Room--a.k.a. one of those spots on the Seattle Center campus you never go--ORA clearly plans to turn the Northwest Room into a big open cinema-friendly environment where the sun is always shining.

SIFF Group Film Center - Seattle, WA

The new year-round home for the Seattle International Film Festival at Seattle Center will include a 100-seat multi-use screening room and lecture hall, library and flex spaces, multi-media classroom, exhibition spaces, archives, and offices for SIFF and the Film School. The project transforms an existing 1962 World's Fair pavilion overlooking Seattle Center's central fountain plaza and reflects the Center's commitment to introducing new media arts programming at the heart of the campus. In addition to serving as a year-round media arts education space, the theater is designed to be utilized as a presentation venue for Seattle Center cultural festivals, and will serve as the focus for SIFF's screenwriters' salon and education outreach programs. Sustainable design features include energy efficiency upgrades, natural ventilation and daylighting, adaptive reuse of an aging facility, and reuse of historic Cinerama theater seating.