The raw concrete and metal venue offers a column-free performance space featuring 16-foot ceilings, a stage, a bar, and a mezzanine. Here the focal point (aside from the stage) is a 1,600-square-foot pool of water that sits beneath four central seating areas—round, pod-like metal platforms with movable, semicircular red banquettes. Feeding the makeshift lake is water from a well dug especially by the venue's owners, and pumps continuously recycle the water throughout.

Also on the main floor are bathroom facilities, a catering prep area, a full-service bar, a section for a coat check, access to a small outdoor courtyard, and a separate entrance for performers. The mezzanine, which wraps around three sides of the space, overlooks the stage and is furnished with the same banquette seating as the floor below. A loft on the same level is suitable as a V.I.P. room or private event space for as many as 20 people. Scheduled for a winter opening is another performance section on the second floor, which is to be 3,000 square feet of space beneath a gabled roof.

Galapagos Art Space has audiovisual amenities including a projector and screen, as well as a full lighting and sound system. Currently, the space holds 175 seated or 230 for receptions.   —Anna Sekula