The South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center will be located on 6.39 acres on Southwest 211th Street in Cutler Ridge, on land purchased by Miami-Dade County in 1994 to accommodate the new Cultural Center. After Hurricane Andrew devastated South Miami-Dade in 1992, Commissioner Dennis C. Moss developed a comprehensive vision, known as the "Moss Plan," for revitalizing the area, which included among many ideas, a state-of-the-art Cultural Center.
Designed by world-renowned Arquitectonica International, Inc., the South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center is conceived as a multidisciplinary arts center, and will showcase the performing arts. The design team includes theater consultants Fisher Dachs Associates, Inc., performance venue design firm Artec Consultants, Inc., and arts management consultants AMS Planning & Research Corp., recognized for their work on performing arts facilities.
The Center's 966 seat state-of-the-art Theater Building will include a fly tower, orchestra pit, front of house spaces (box office, lobby, restrooms, concessions, etc.), back of house support spaces (dressing rooms, storage and work areas, administrative offices, etc.) and a multi-purpose rehearsal space. The separate Activities Building of the Center will house an informal performance space, and smaller multi-purpose spaces for lectures, classes, or community gatherings.
The Center's two buildings will be joined by an outdoor promenade leading to a gently sloping lawn for outdoor concerts and festivals along the Black Creek Canal.