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Cibiyar Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC) cibiyar fasaha ce mai wurare da yawa a Cibiyar Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute da ke Troy, New York, wacce aka buɗe a ranar 3 ga Oktoba, 2008. An sanya wa ginin suna ne bayan Curtis Priem, wanda ya kafa NVIDIA kuma ya kammala karatunsa a RPI Class na 1982, wanda ya ba da gudummawar dala miliyan 40 ga Cibiyar a shekara ta 2004. Matsayin da ke cikin harabar jami'ar fasaha Cibiyar wani gagarumin sauyi ne a fannin mayar da hankali daga mayar da hankali kan wannan fanni na kimiyya da injiniya, kodayake Cibiyar Sadarwa ta Darrin iri ɗaya ce. Gwamnatin ta yi iƙirarin cewa "EMPAC ta gabatar da wani sabon tsari don ilmantar da tsararrakin shugabanni na gaba, waɗanda za su kasance cikin shiri sosai don magance matsalolin da ke addabar duniyarmu." Gine-gine da wurare An ba kamfanin Kirkegaard Associates kwangilar yin aiki a kan tsarin. An yi amfani da fasahar kwamfuta mai zurfi wajen yin rufin rufin kafin a gina shi don inganta watsa sautin. EMPAC ita ce wurin farko da aka yi amfani da masana'anta mai hana gobara ta Nomex don rufin rufi don nuna raƙuman sauti. A waje na babban zauren kide-kide an yi masa layi da 36,000 square feet (3,300 m2) na Western Red Cedar. An noma itacen a cikin dazuzzukan da ke dawwama a British Columbia, an zaɓi shi saboda kaddarorinsa na hana gobara. Tsawonsa 20,000 square feet (1,900 m2) bangon gilashi yana layi a gefen arewa na ginin. Haɗin ruwa/glycol yana yawo ta cikin sandunan tallafi na ƙarfe yana kiyaye yanayin zafi daidai kuma yana iyakance danshi a kan gilashin. EMPAC kuma an ba da takardar shaidar LEED Silver. EMPAC kuma gida ne ga gidan wasan kwaikwayo mai kujeru 400 tare da dandamali mai girman 80′ x 40′, hasumiyar tashi mai tsawon 60′, da kayan aikin kwamfuta. EMPAC kuma tana da manyan allon hangen nesa guda biyu: ɗaya a cikin gidan wasan kwaikwayo da kuma wani allo mai fadin inci 60 a cikin zauren kide-kide. Akwai manyan wurare guda biyu na studio masu amfani da yawa. Studio 1 yana da 3,500 square feet (330 m2) kuma yana da rufin da ya kai tsawon ƙafa 40, kuma Studio 2 yana da 2,500 square feet (230 m2) mai 28 feet (8.5 m) - rufin da ke da tsayi. Akwai kuma faɗin 1,400 square feet (130 m2) ɗakin gwaji mai suna Studio Beta, da kuma ɗakunan fasaha guda 4 (ɗaya da Shugaban Cibiyar ke zaune a ciki har abada) . An yi wa Studio 1 da Studio 2 layi da allunan sauti don yaɗa sauti ta amfani da sabbin faifan bidiyo da aka tsara don kwaikwayon halayen bawon itace. An tsara faifan bidiyo daban-daban don sha da kuma rage mitar sauti daban-daban. Duk wuraren aiki suna da matsakaicin matakin amo na 15 dB, wanda hakan ya sanya su zama ɗaya daga cikin wurare mafi shiru a duniya wajen gabatar da zane-zane. An ƙirƙiro tsarin hasashe mai digiri 360, wanda ake amfani da shi don binciken gaskiya ta kama-da-wane, ayyukan fasaha, da kuma gabatar da fina-finai. Tsarin na yanzu yana da 40 feet (12 m) zagaye, 15 feet (4.6 m) allon da'ira mai tsayi wanda ke kewaye da masu kallo, waɗanda ko dai za su iya yawo ko kuma su kalli daga kujerun juyawa. Ana amfani da kyamarori na musamman na digiri 360 don yin fim, tare da makirufo waɗanda ke rikodin alkibla. Sannan ana iya kunna sautin a kan jerin lasifikan sauti na kewaye, wanda ke ba da damar haska sauti daga kowane kusurwa zuwa ga masu sauraro. Gine-gine Cibiyar ta sanar da shirin gina sabon zauren wasan kwaikwayo a kaka na 2001, wanda aka tsara farashin ginin a matsayin dala miliyan 50. Bayan gasar zane da tattaunawa da kamfanonin gine-gine, an sake duba shirye-shiryen tare da sabon kudin gini na dala miliyan 141 da kuma ranar kammalawa a wani lokaci a 2006. Yayin da wasu ke tunanin cewa RPI na buƙatar ingantattun kayan aikin kiɗa da fasaha, ƙarin girma da kuɗin gini an ga cewa yana da tsada ga ɗalibai da malamai da yawa. An fara aikin ne a ranar 19 ga Satumba, 2003. A lokacin shekarar 2004, Cibiyar ta fara wani babban kamfen na jari kuma tsohon ɗalibi na Rensselaer kuma amintaccen Curtis Priem, '82, ya ba da gudummawar dala miliyan 40 a cikin kyauta mara iyaka. RPI ta yanke shawarar sanya wa aikin suna a hukumance don girmama shi. Bugu da ƙari, Cibiyar ta sami kyautar dala miliyan 1 don shirye-shiryen EMPAC daga tsohon ɗalibi David Jaffe a shekarar 2006. An kwashe sama da yadi 100,000 na ƙasa daga tudun don samar da sarari ga ginin. RPI ta fuskanci matsaloli a baya game da rashin kwanciyar hankali na ƙasa a gefen tudu, wani abu da aka sani da ɓarnar taro . Don hana EMPAC "zamewa daga ƙasa", an haƙa anka dutse guda 215 a cikin ƙasa don daidaita harsashin ginin. A tsawon sama da 210 feet (64 m) tsayi, su ne wasu daga cikin manyan anka a Arewacin Amurka. A watan Satumba na 2005, cibiyar ta dauki nauyin gabatar da EMPAC 360: On Site + Sound, wani shiri na multimedia da kuma gabatar da fasaha don murnar tsakiyar ginin. Mutane sama da 3000 daga yankin sun halarci taron. An mayar da ranar da ake sa ran kammala aikin zuwa wani lokaci a shekarar 2008. A watan Janairun 2008, RPI ta umarci mai tsara hasken wutar lantarki Jennifer Tipton da ta ƙirƙiri babban nunin haske mai suna "Light Above the Hudson". Ganin cewa an shafe makonni da dama ana aiki, nunin ya jawo hankali ga cibiyar tare da tsawon ƙafa 300 da 100 feet (30 m) jerin fitilu masu launuka iri-iri da fitilun bincike da aka nuna a sararin sama. Hotunan Hotuna Manazarta