bloody architects
Tue, 2 Sept 2008, 09:08 pmDavid Ashton22 posts in thread
bloody architects
Tue, 2 Sept 2008, 09:08 pmI had a call-out today to a new school theatre, less than a year old.The house lighting system is too complex for the staff to work and no manual.
The step lights have been glued in, some are already dead.
There are electric winches on all 6 bars.
There is no ladder, one is supposed to focus lights by raising and lowering bars till you get them all right.
Having spent all this money on bells and whistles they could only afford 20 parcans 6 fresnels and 4 cyc lights and the parcans are open backed single insulated- for kids?
No profiles.
So a million dollars on [my guess] we have a non functional teaching venue.
This is a state school paid for by tax-payers.
How do they get away with it?
refurbished Old mill
Thu, 4 Sept 2008, 05:14 pmGAFFA,I Agree with your views on the Old Mill Refurbishment. it is difficult to work with a heritage building, many restrictions on what you can and can't do. But here we have a theatre that feels like a theatre. The tunnel is a master stroke in logistics, but during the performance of "South Pacific" while the works were being carried out, there were quite a few bruised heads as the tunnel was not quite deep enough. emerging from the tunnel through the fireplace was a piece of theatre in itself.
Another mighty theatre refurbishment,abet a few years back, was "the Maj" but now we are talking big money.