Capital One Hall in Tysons, Virginia is the heart of a new 24.5-acre, mixed-use urban redevelopment of Capital One’s corporate headquarters. The flexible new corporate and performing arts center stands at a hub of multi-modal transportation options and brings together key features of urban life, including street-level retail, state-of-the-art performance and event spaces (The Atrium: 1,300-person flexible space, The Vault: 225-seat black box theater, The Main Theater: 1,600-seat performance hall), and a fully landscaped public rooftop park (The Perch), featuring a biergarten, open-air amphitheater, bocce courts, and sculpture garden.
The building’s folded white marble façade lifts above the street, catching light and shadow like the pleats of a dress. Thin vertical windows wrap the building, stepping upwards
towards the rooftop park while bouncing light and views into the public spaces. Inside, the serrated design of the atrium’s 57-foot ceiling echoes the building façade and allows space for tree roots from the rooftop garden above.
Sandwiched between the Wegmans loading dock and The Perch, The Main Theater design incorporates a “box-in-box” structural approach and meticulous engineering, driven by the need to mitigate the noise and vibration from the surrounding human and vehicular activity. Rubber padding insulates the performance spaces, while the perforated metal of the theater’s interior walls conceals advanced acoustic enhancement systems for optimal sound quality.
The project’s high standards in environmental performance include water efficient landscaping and robust stormwater management; a building envelope that mitigates solar gains and reduces energy loads while maximizing daylighting and views; and optimized heating and cooling systems, including energy recovery systems, resulting in 27 percent energy savings compared to a code-compliant building. This project is one of a few performing arts centers in the world to achieve LEED Gold Certification.
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