ImaginOn

ImaginOn: The Joe and Joan Martin Center
Seventh Street Entrance
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35°13′38.00″N 80°50′15.85″W / 35.2272222°N 80.8377361°W / 35.2272222; -80.8377361
Location300 East Seventh Street
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202
Mecklenburg County, United States
TypePartnership of the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library and Children's Theatre of Charlotte
Established2005
Branch ofCharlotte Mecklenburg Library
Other information
DirectorMarcellus "MT" Turner (Library)
Adam Burke & Nao Tsurumaki (Theater)
WebsiteImaginOn

ImaginOn: The Joe and Joan Martin Center is a collaborative venture of Charlotte Mecklenburg Library and the Children's Theatre of Charlotte located in Charlotte, North Carolina. This 102,000-square-foot (9,500 m2) landmark learning center opened on October 8, 2005.[1] ImaginOn was designed by Gantt Huberman Architects and Holzman Moss Bottino Architecture,[2] and is owned by the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library.

ImaginOn hosts the Spangler Children's Library; the Teen Loft, a library for the teens of Mecklenburg County; Time Warner Tech Central; the Story Lab, a collection of interactive multimedia workstations exploring the arts of narrative; Studio I, an audio/video recording and animation studio; the Hugh McColl Family Theatre (seating capacity 570); and the Wells Fargo Playhouse (seating capacity 250), as well as administrative offices for the Children's Theatre of Charlotte and library staff.

ImaginOn is notable as the first LEED-certified public facility in Mecklenburg County.[3][4] ImaginOn is certified as a 'green' building at the silver level by the U.S. Green Building Council.[2][5]

  1. ^ "Combined children's library, theater set to open". Philanthropy Journal. August 2, 2005. Archived from the original on December 5, 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-24.
  2. ^ a b "Holzman Moss Bottino Architecture Official Website".
  3. ^ Jones, Harry (March 17, 2008). "2008 State of the County Address". charmeck.org. Archived from the original on July 29, 2003. Retrieved 2008-10-24.
  4. ^ "ImaginOn - The Joe & Joan Martin Center, Charlotte, North Carolina, United States". World Architecture News. 2 November 2005. Retrieved 2008-10-24.
  5. ^ Hoyle, Amanda Jones (March 9, 2007). "Duke aims high on 'green' meter". Triangle Business Journal. Retrieved 2008-10-24.