Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Week 5: Auditorium/Conference digital maquette & Case studies 1.3







Fred Kavli Center for the Performing Arts, Thousand Oaks, California
Antoine Predock Architect & Dworsky Associates, 1994


The Loeb Drama Centre, Hugh Stubbins AssociatesTheatre Consultant - George Izenour, 1960


My digital Marquette and case studies gave me more of an understanding of the spaces required in an auditorium. An auditorium can exist on many scales. Mine will probably end up seating a small to medium number of people. The conference facilities are flanked with kitchens and public bar. Vertical and horizontal circulation is quite visible within the model. However, the height for the final balcony of auditorium may mean I have to extend parts of this building to accommodate this added height required for seating and backstage 'flight' spaces for sets, speakers, lights and spaces for the people to control the equipment in this section.

Auditorium and Conference Centre.
Case Study 4:
"Living Tomorrow" UN STUDIO, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2000 - 2003 (temporary structure).
Monument Architecture and Design, August September 2004,volume 62

1 comment:

bushTucker said...

Your images reminded me of something I meant to mention to you on Tuesday Bill – if you ARE designing an auditorium that can be used as a theatre – don’t forget the fly-tower (the high volume behind the stage). Your model does not appear to have one. And… the most important area after the auditorium is the entrance/foyer and its relationship to the street and the rest of the DDI buildings.