MY PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE ON GOOGLE SKETCHUP

By Emily Lawson

PLANNING RESEARCH

I first looked at other Performing Art Centers that had won awards and noted down the good aspects of them in a word document.

Then I researched what was needed in the centers and put that in the document too.

Then I listened to Mr. Gordon and wrote down his main points. I added them to my word document.

I planned the shape of the centre by looking at where it was supposed to go.

I measured the drama classrooms to find out there actual size.

Then I did rough sketches to help design my final project

MY PLANNING SHEETTHE NEEDS FOR MY CENTER The Good aspects of other Performing Arts Centres……

High performance principles, innovation, functionality, contextual relationship, humanism, and building quality.

Needs in my Performing Arts Centre

MY PLANNING SHEETTALK WITH MR. GORDON When Mr. Gordon came he gave me some more ideas

Performing Arts CentreMusic, Drama, Dance are the main onesWhat facilities does dio have for dance… Wooden floors, mirrors, barsIs dance offered as a curricular subject… no as we have nowhere to teach it.Could this be shared with another area of activity? Designated dance spaceHow big does it need to be? Would it be big enough for an audience or just a classroom?Drama classrooms are good sizes…measure them.Needs auditorium- sight lines…two levels, tiered seating-seating for 1750, sound needs to travel well-should be able to hear without microphone, Shows- sound and light, backstage, storage, green rooms, curtains, trap doors, the pit, orchestra pit, high ceilings, background props, organ, fly tower, machinery, sound proofing, employed stage manager, Foyer- runs long ways from science to chapel, through access to the science block and comms, lifts stirs, lifts, reception, refreshments, Music classrooms- need 2-3 drama classrooms, 1-2 dance studios, 10-15 music classrooms, 2 bigger music rooms, 2 recording rooms- 1 next to auditorium and 1 next to the bigger classroom, storage, separate percussion teaching room, senior teaching room, music technology, keyboard room, Staff room, offices, place for students to go, lockers, staff toilet, bathrooms and showers, storage, closet in choir room  

PUTTING MY IDEAS INTO A DESIGN

I made drew two designs using paper and pencil.

Design 1-Level 1

DESIGN 1- LEVEL 2

DESIGN 1- BASEMENT

PUTTING MY IDEAS INTO A DESIGN

Design 2- Level 1

DESIGN 2- LEVEL 2

DESIGN 2- BASEMENT

PUTTING MY IDEAS INTO A DESIGN

I chose design one as I thought it fitted the shape best and I thought it would be easiest to create.

The next slides are parts of this design on Google sketchup

THE OVERALL VIEW OF LEVEL 1

OVERALL VIEW OF LEVEL 2

THE OVERALL VIEW OF THE BASEMENT

THE FOYER-PICTURE

INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOYER

The stairs are circled in black The toilets are the object circled in blue The buffet table is the yellow highlighted

object The front door is circled in red The lifts are next to the toilets

BUFFET TABLE

It folds away so can be kept out of the way if need be.

This is a close up of it closed

THE ENTRANCE

The entrance is situated next to the chapel and it has a small path with a flower bed next to it =]

This is a picture of it. The object in yellow would be the chapel

THE TOILETS

These are the images of the toilets in the foyer

Bird eye view

The sinkA toilet

THE STAIRS

These stairs are going up to level 2 The highlighted part is the stairs

going down to the basement

These are the lifts Left=Level 1 Right=Level 2

THE DANCE STUDIO The dance studio is

situated off the foyer.

It has a full length mirror and bar going the full stretch of the room

The walls are soundproof so keeps all the sound inside

There are lockers on the left side to put the dancers clothing in.

There is another dance studio in the basement with the same things in it

DRAMA CLASSROOMS There are two drama classrooms down the corridor next to the dance studio

This is an example of the classrooms

The object in black are lockers/storage

These classrooms are also used for speech and drama

THE AUDITORIUM-LEVEL 1-PICTURES

Birds eye view

Seats-Level 1

Organ and Orchestra pit

Piano and stairs to basement

THE AUDITORIUM- LEVEL 1-INFO

The auditorium is on level 1. It however has seating also on level 2 looking down.

It seats 1500 people It has stairs coming up from the green rooms

in the basement to the stage. The floor is sound proof so you can not hear

people below It has a grand piano, lighting, a fly tower, an

organ and an orchestra pit All props are stored in the basement and can

be taken up throught the lift.

THE AUDITORIUM-LEVEL 2-PICTURES

Birds eye view

Stairs

Glass roof/fly tower with lighting etc

Glass Barrier

THE AUDITORIUM-LEVEL 2-INFO

The auditorium has a glass roof over it. It contains the lighting etc

Since the roof is curved it gives a good sound There is more seating here and there is a

glass barrier around the edge There are stairs leading down to level one

THE OFFICES On level one I also have

offices and a staff room I made offices for Ms

Procter, Mr. Warsnop, Mr. Gordon and Ms White, Mrs. Macintyre-Bull and Mrs Karajov share an office.

The offices are 5mx3m They each have a desk at

the front where permission slips/sign ups can be placed

THE STAFF ROOM

Behind the offices there is a staff room. There is a small kitchen with a fridge, a

microwave etc. There is a dining table and some chairs etc There are also toilets for both male and

female.

ITINERANT CLASSROOMS There are 15 itinerant classrooms. In each room there is a piano, a small

cupboard and a music stand. The Percussion room and the oboe rooms are

bigger as they make more noise.

This is an image of some of the rooms

This is an image of what the inside of the room would loom like

MUSIC CLASSROOMS These are the classrooms that will b e used

for class teaching. In one of the rooms there is a recoding

studio. In each room they have guitars, music

stands, a cupboard of musical instruments and a drum kit.

KEY BOARDING AND MUSIC TECH ROOM

These rooms are on level two.

The key board room has 12 keyboards and the music tech room has 12 computers

TOILETS ON LEVEL TWO

These are the toilets.

The males toilets are behind the females.

CHOIR ROOM

This is a room for the choir to practice in with out putting away all there stands

In the room there are 30 stands, a stereo and a cupboard to store robes in

It is also soundproof

ORCHESTRA ROOM This is a room for the orchestra to practice in with out putting away all their stands/seats

In the room there are 30 stands, 30 seats and a stereo

It is also soundproof

GREEN ROOM This is the room

for the students to chill out in before shows etc.

It is situated below the stage in the basement.

In the room there is a kitchenette, beanbags, a couch and a TV.

It is also soundproof

PRACTICE ROOMS

There are four practice rooms

These rooms are for class groups that are doing rehearsals

These rooms are soundproof

This is an example of what the rooms would have in them

TOILETS IN THE BASEMENT

The toilets are situated right next to the green room for easy access

STORAGE The storage area is a large room This is where all props, costumes or

anything needed for shows is stored. There is a big door for props to fit through

OTHER WAYS OF LOOKING AT IT

You can also look at this through. . . A tour/the fileBasement Performing Arts Centre.skpLvl 1 Performing Arts Centre.skpLvl 2 Performing Arts Centre.skp The TASC Wheel: TASC Wheel.doc

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