#theatre

DPA Architects were engaged to undertake seismic strengthening and restoration of the Hawke’s Bay Opera House opened in 1915 and one of the few remaining theatres to have been designed by renowned architect Henry Eli White. The façade is one of the country’s earliest examples of Spanish Mission style, while the lavish interiors, with their elaborate plaster decoration and coloured leadlight windows, are considered to be an important example of Art Nouveau. Formerly dark spaces were transformed by a lighter palette and in the auditorium, rich red tones were remployed in carpet, seating and feature walls to create an atmosphere of depth and luxury associated with traditional theatre design. Sarah Rowlands Sarah Rowl... More

The Cultural Centre in Bourg-la-Reine lies on a narrow plot right next to a high embankment upon which a regional trainline runs. This plot is L-shaped and leads out onto a small road hidden away. To build a public centre, such a plot seemed far from ideal. So building an edifice on this plot called for a design with which the structure could stand out as a public building and find a legitimate place between the vegetation-covered embankment and the neighbouring homes. Eugeni Pons Eugeni Pons The watchword in this programme was connection. Indeed, we had to relate many spaces with highly varied purposes to each other. These spaces included a 250-seater theatre and its dressing rooms, two dance studios, rooms devoted to languages... More

Design and construction supervision by architect Ioulietta Zindrou The design of the Auditorium is based on the conception of the space as a complex, though elegant “acoustic device”.  We crafted the space into a dynamic field through design innovations, technological applications and material processes in construction and management, towards an optimal passive acoustic space performance  Through advanced design, sound calculus and construction technology, algorithmic and material processes, a ceaseless dynamism between sculpturing and engineering emerged.  Caption Conceptually the auditorium was conceived as a place of creation and offer of cultural experiences, and is inextricably linked to visually rec... More

The new Film & Media Centre provides a dynamic hub for the University for the Creative Arts.   Located at the university’s Farnham campus, the 1,000m² building accommodates students studying performing arts, film studies and music composition & technology, with a multitude of cutting-edge technological equipment.   Facilities include a black box film studio, a 260-seat lecture theatre, performance spaces and an acoustically sealed recording studio featuring a live room, dubbing theatre and control room.   The scheme has been designed to offer a high degree of flexibility - the film studio can be reconfigured for use as a public performance auditorium and the lecture theatre can be transformed into exh... More