Architecture / Exhibits / Immersive Environments / Master Planning

Cedar Park Arts Collective

Cedar Park, Texas2026 · Competition entry / Not selected

Evening rendering of the theater entrance with a looping sculpture and glazed lobby. — Theater arrival, framed by sculpture and an illuminated lobby.

A bright pedestrian bridge crosses the wooded creek toward the theater. — A pedestrian connection between the arts campus and Bell Park.

Aerial view of the proposed arts campus, wooded creek, and pedestrian connections. — The arts campus within its park setting.

Overhead site plan showing the theater, gallery, parking, paths, and creek landscape. — Site plan: buildings and landscape connected by a network of paths.

Visitors gather among large sculptures, trees, and seating outside the theater. — A sculpture garden extends the cultural experience outdoors.

Visitors walk past a large metal sculpture along a landscaped trail. — Art encountered along the landscape paths.

Slatted canopy shades a plaza with lawn, seating, and an outdoor screen. — A shaded plaza for informal gathering and outdoor events.

A tall copper-toned theater volume rises behind a shaded public plaza. — The fly loft gives the theater a distinct presence.

Street view of the theater with stone walls, a glazed entrance, and a tall fly loft. — The theater addresses the street with a visible public entrance.

Planted wall beside the theater entrance, beneath a deep canopy. — A planted wall marks the theater entrance.

Gallery with a broad timber stair, sculptural artwork, and paintings along the walls. — The gallery brings display, circulation, and gathering together.

Gallery with paintings and full-height glazing overlooking trees and sculpture. — Views to the landscape remain part of the gallery experience.

Gallery interior combines paintings, a freestanding art wall, and a large woodland media display. — Space for physical artwork and immersive media.

Visitors move through a warm gallery with timber ceiling beams and large paintings. — A sequence of rooms for viewing and moving through art.

Glazed gallery entrance reveals art and visitors beyond a stone-lined threshold. — The gallery threshold connects interior and exterior.

Paintings and sculptures sit beneath suspended geometric artwork in the gallery. — A range of scales and settings for exhibition.

Audience-level view of a warm timber theater with a live orchestra on stage. — The performance room viewed from the main seating level.

Balcony view across a timber-lined theater toward the stage and orchestra. — The performance room viewed from the upper level.

A competition proposal for a civic arts destination where performance, exhibitions, and everyday encounters share a park setting. Theater, gallery, and outdoor spaces form a connected experience, extending art beyond the walls of the buildings.

My contribution

At PBK, I led the competition design, directing the team across site planning, architecture, theater, gallery, and outdoor spaces. I guided the proposal toward a cohesive arts campus where buildings, landscape, and cultural programming support everyday public life.

How can an arts destination become part of everyday life in the park?

A cultural connection to Bell Park

The City of Cedar Park envisioned an arts destination at 201 Buttercup Creek Boulevard, south of the Bell District, with a theater, gallery, art classrooms, and indoor and outdoor gathering spaces. Our proposal takes the connection to Bell Park as a starting point: a pedestrian bridge, landscape paths, and outdoor art make arrival part of the experience.

Art in the spaces between

The proposal gives the landscape an active role. A sculpture trail, planted edges, and places to sit invite visitors to spend time outside the formal venues. A shaded plaza provides a shared outdoor room, with space to gather before a performance or encounter art during a walk through the site.

A gallery that opens to the landscape

Glazing keeps trees and outdoor sculpture in view as visitors move through the gallery. Timber overhead and stone at the edges give the rooms a warm material character. Paintings, freestanding work, and immersive media occupy different settings within the same sequence, allowing the exhibition experience to shift in scale and atmosphere.

The theater as a civic room

The theater’s tall volume gives the campus a recognizable presence, while the lower canopy and glazed lobby bring the entrance down to the scale of arrival. Inside, timber surfaces wrap the audience and stage. The renderings explore the room from both the main seating level and the balcony, completing the journey from park to performance.

Collaboration & credits

Practice: PBK.
Competition design lead: Michael Zepeda.
Design collaboration: PBK design team.
Competition entry, 2026. Not selected.

Project background

City of Cedar Park — Arts Collective project brief

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