Services

Related services

  • Feasibility Study / putting spatial, operational and cost parameters to our clients’ dreams

    By

    Finding a site

    Assessing a building for suitability for conversion to any type of arts or gathering use

    Assistance with preparing a brief

    Establishing a budget for building conversion

    Master planning a site through phased development

  • Briefing for Cultural Buildings and Gathering Spaces / sharing and informing our clients’ vision

    By

    Identifying the range of performances/uses to be undertaken

    Business plan and staffing levels to inform choices

    Preparing a Schedule of Accommodation

    Preparing a Technical Masterplan of Equipment

    Mediating between client aspiration and budget

  • Auditorium form / co-creating a form for performance space

    By

    Identifying the relationship between the future users and the space

    Understanding from the architect the aesthetic expression of the space

    Defining the performance area in all dimensions

    Arranging the audience to give maximum involvement in the performance

    Relating the audience to each other as well as to the performers

    Perceiving and developing the dynamic interaction possibilities of the space

    Collaborating with the architect to set out the rakes, balcony heights and geometry

    Advising on the inclusivity of audience experience

  • Theatre Planning / identifying every aspect of the building that affects the performance

    By

    Informing the layout of the backstage areas to make operational efficiency and access for deliveries, scenery, performers and technicians

    Supporting the future users’ creative production process with spaces planning

    Informing the layout of front of house areas, box office, cloakroom, toilets with easy wayfinding

    Extending the arts identity of the building to the edges of the site

    Working iteratively with the architect to a successful scheme

  • Stage engineering / moving scenic elements and adapting space to more than one use

    By

    Identifying the equipment loading on the roof

    Identifying the electrical power requirements of the technical infrastructure

    Designing mechanical features that will enable more than one use of the space

    Designing platforming, orchestra pit lifts, choir seating

    Designing moving architecture, enabling adjustments to the performance area or stage opening

    Designing stage rigging, elevations and other stage machinery and staging systems

    Relating the engineering proposals to budgets

    Match design of variable acoustics systems

  • Performance lighting / enabling the lighting designer to have a broad canvas on which to paint

    By

    Designing lighting positions

    Developing system schematics and control systems

    Advising electrical engineers over routes, containment and power requirements

    Advising capabilities and zones for working light system

    Specifying infrastructure, control systems and lighting fixtures within budget

    Evaluating tenders to achieve best value for client

    Reviewing contractor submittals and monitoring progress during construction

    Witness testing

    Feeding back to contractors and manufacturers lessons learned to improve industry performance in future

  • House Lighting / showing the architecture in the best light

    By

    Liaise with architect on the philosophy, opportunities and practicalities of lighting groups of people in space

    Incorporate design with control of performance lighting

    House lighting design, fixture selection and controls

  • Performance Sound and AV Systems / bringing the performance closer to the audience

    By

    bringing the performance closer to the audience

    PSAV includes sound reinforcement, sound effects, recording, communications, assisted listening, video systems, projection, electro-acoustic enhancement

    Design and integration of audio, video, loudspeakers, projection screen, stage lighting, rigging

    Locating positions of loudspeakers front of house and within stage

    Projection and screen design

    Identifying connectivity

    Facilities panels and liaising with electrical engineers

    Specifying infrastructure, control systems and loose equipment

    Evaluating tenders to achieve best value for client

    Reviewing contractor submittals and monitoring progress during construction

    Witness testing