Masters of Architecture Design Project

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// ANDREW BELL // N8313393// DAN101

QPAC THEATRE PROPOSAL


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BRIEF

A new civic space...

....a world class amenity

THEATRE USAGE The proposal seeks to address the requirement for a new 1500 seat theatre complex on the corner of the existing Queensland Performing Arts precinct located in South Brisbane. The new theatre will house predominately ballet and stage shows, but provide a flexible platform for a broad range of musical and theatrical performances. The new civic space will be positioned to create a world class amenity that contemporises a new approach to theatre design and provide a new asset for visitors, performers, workers and the local community.

THE PLACE TO WORK 1. A BRAND PROUD TO WORK FOR 2. QUALITY OF SPACE TO WORK IN 3. STREAMLINED ADMINISTRATION PROCESS

WORKERS

THEATRE

PERFORMERS

AUDIENCE

THE PLACE TO DO 1. A ‘SELL OUT’ THEATRE 2. STATE OF THE ART FACILITIES 3. FLEXIBLILITY IN DESIGN & PROGRAM THE PLACE TO BE 1. AN INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY EXPERIENCE 2. AN INTIMATE CONNECTION TO PERFORMANCE 3. WORLD CLASS AMENITIES & FACILITIES


EXISTING CONTEXT ANALYSIS KEY 1. Hard interface to building (no accessibility)

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2. Concrete wall & screening plants dictate people to walk along street edge rather than through site 3. Open Loading Zone & service area creates poor in terface top major street 4. Pedestrian Path used rarely 5. Major Pedestrian Thoroughfares

ABC BUILDING

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PROPOSED SITE 4 2

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6. Change in grade deters people from walking through site


PROPOSED CONTEXTUAL STRATERGY QUEEN’S WHARF CATCHEMENT

KEY 1. Draw people through site from proposed Queen’s Wharf precinct to Broader South Brisbane 2. Create active street frontages 3. Define new public space to encourage people into site 4. Retail & hospitality to Grey street for active ground plane 5. New shared entry between Playhouse & new theatre precinct

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ABC BUILDING

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2 NEW THEATRE PRECINCT

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7. Tie into existing loading dock & expand. Conceal interface to street 8. Major entry opportunity off busy pedestrian intersection

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6. Connect back of house areas to utilise shared space & services


DEMOLITION/RELOCATION

DEMOLISH 400m2 (per floor) SPACES TO BE RELOCATED INTO NEW BUILDING STUDIOS: 250m2 OFFICES: 220m2 SERVICES: 250m2 TOILETS: 180m2 WORKSHOP: 200m2

NEW GLAZED ROOF TO PLAYHOUSE ENTRY

WALLS DEMOLISHED FOR CONNECTION TO NEW THEATRE

EXISTING STAGE LOADING DOCK DEMOLISHED & MOVED OVER TO EXISTING OB. DOCK


DESIGN RESPONSE


DESIGN DRIVERS

KEY PRINCIPLES FOR NEW THEATRE DESIGN Draw people to the edges of the building to engage with street scape. Create active street frontages, permeability & pedestrian interaction through site. Respond to place, context & users through subtropical design, material sensibility & respecting the existing legacy of QPAC. Provide a new theatre for the 21st century market place. Apply a new medium to the performing arts platform. Generate a strong visual & physical connection between the performers & the audience.


DESIGN RESPONSE PLAY HOUSE THEATRE

LYRIC THEATRE CONCERT HALL

PROPOSED GARDEN THEATRE


FORM RESPONSE

BUILDING FORM DEVELOPMENT

Aligning flytower & roof levels with playhouse

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BUILT VOLUME FULL EXTENT

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Recessing connections to existing building

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ADJUSTING BUILT VOLUME & ROOF LINES TO SUIT THEATRE REQUIREMENTS & ALIGN WITH EXISTING QPAC BUILDINGS

softening & articulating edges

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Articulate corners & edges to create a distinct ‘new’ theatre.

Curtain veil screening

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lifting up built volume to open up ground plane connection

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NEW FACADE EXPRESSION INTRODUCED THROUGH SCREENING ‘VEIL’ ELEMENT


FORM RESPONSE

BUILDING FORM DEVELOPMENT

HISTORIC REFERENCE Concrete Plinth Concrete plinth introduced to carry through QPAC’s existing monolithic expression. The strong horizontal band creates a ground element for the new building volume to float above and grow out of its historic beginnings.

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Colonade PLINTH & COLONNADE EXPRESSIONS

Concrete column Colonnade interprets its historical neighbour & is used to support concrete plinth & create dynamic ground plane edges.

SUBTROPICAL EXPRESSION The existing site as a vacant grass park land helps soften the hard edges of the adjacent QPAC precinct. An extension of this greenery & parkland will be expressed in the new proposal through suspended planters, articulated planted edges, and vertical grower trellis systems along the facade.

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NEW FACADE EXPRESSION INTRODUCED THROUGH SCREENING ‘VEIL’ ELEMENT

These elements generate a better built street scape & respond to Brisbane’s subtropical environmental qualities.


FACADE RESPONSE THEATRE FORM EXPLORATION

THEATRICAL EXPRESSION

building mass

FACADE TREATMENT

CURTAIN MOTIF

As the internal program is somewhat rigid and fixed in place, the external envelope of the building can be manipulated to give the building a dramatic built form and unique quality to its surrounding context.

The stage curtain is one of the most identifiable elements in the theatre program.

To give the new theatre a unique identity and level of articulation, the facade of the building adapts a series of vertical ribboning elements modelled off the stage curtain.

It is drawn at the openning & closing of every performance & is rich in the mind of the audience & performers.

The pattened facade will act as a perforated veil to the building to provide sun shading, whilst maximising transparency to its edges.


FACADE DETAIL BRASS PERFORATED VEIL Abstracting brass detailing expressed throughout QPAC, a brass perforated facade curtains the new proposal and filters warm dapled lighting into the new space.


DESIGN RESPONSE PROPOSAL FROM CORNER OF GREY & RUSSELL ST


DESIGN RESPONSE PROPOSAL NIGHT SHOT


CONNECTIONS HERITAGE INTERFACE

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Stepped roof form to follow adjacent heritage Dark framed glazing suite with vertical battens Horizontal Concrete Plinth New Street Awning Planted Trellis

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Solid Horizontal roof band with expressed brass battens Dark framed glazing suite to match Play House Horizontal concrete plinth New outdoor Amphitheatre Terraced planting extended New Glazed roof Shared Theatre Entry

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LOADING DOCK INTERFACE

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PLAY HOUSE THEATRE INTERFACE

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GROUND PLANE ACTIVATION PROPOSED GROUND FLOOR PLAN

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LEGEND 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

Main Entrance Private function entrance Performance Promenade Main Bar Outdoor Amphitheatre Shared Playhouse Entrance


ENTRIES

MAIN ENTRY OFF CORNER OF RUSSELL & GREY

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A DRAMATIC CORNER MARKER

LANTERN PORTAL

A lantern like entry marks the corner of the busy intersection of Russell & Grey Street. The idea has been developed to create a dramatic main entrance for patrons to the new theatre, who can ‘slip’ under the dropping curtain as a performer would.

A glassed canopy and perforated skin allows for light to permeate out through the building’s facade which is used as an eye catcher to passerbyers, when the theatre is in full use.


ENTRIES

NEW SHARED ENTRY BETWEEN PLAYHOUSE & GARDEN THEATRE PLANTER

THEATRE LOWER BALCONY BREAKOUT

THEATRE UPPER BALCONY BREAK OUT

PLAY HOUSE LIGHT ATRIUM The second entry for the proposed theatre re-utilises the exisiting Play House theatre entrance to maintain the existing formal entry & built form of QPAC. The space has been opened up through the use of a glazed roof and a full height void creating an internal atrium between the two theatres. This approach maximises natural light, circulation as well as providing visual cues to other levels.

RUSSELL ST

EXISTING PLAYHOUSE STAIR

CONNECTION THROUGH TO PLAYHOUSE & NEW THEATRE


DESIGN RESPONSE FOYER ATRIUM BETWEEN NEW THEATRE & PLAYHOUSE THEATRE


DESIGN RESPONSE FOYER ATRIUM BETWEEN NEW THEATRE & PLAYHOUSE THEATRE


CONNECTION TO PERFORMERS STREET ENGAGEMENT

CROSSING PATHS Embracing transparency between performeers, musicians, actors, comedien rehearsal zones & the public, illustrates a deeper meaning and process behind the acts. Opportunities for crowd gathering and the in-proptu chat add to the the public’s experience in a way previously not experienced at QPAC. The Grey Street edge acts as a new extension to the south bank promenade, creating a new destination for buskers & street performers to flood the site. A series of stepped seats form nooks for crowds to gather and enjoy local entertainment, whilst open rehearsal studios skirt the frontage allowing people to get a glimpse int o the building’s usage.

STREET INTERFACE SECTION 1:100


CONNECTION TO PERFORMERS VISUAL TRANSPARENCY


DESIGN RESPONSE MAIN FOYER SPACE

UPPER THEATRE BALCONY FOYER GLAZED ROOF

LIFT CORE

EXHIBITION SPACE LEVEL 3 BREAKOUT

PLANTER MAIN THEATRE BREAK OUT

PLAY HOUSE LIGHT ATRIUM The main foyer is a large three storey clear height space, punctuated with balconies and break out landings from theatre balconies above. Visual connectivity between levels is achieved through a central void. The main bar is located on Ground which extends towards Russell St for further engagment with the public. The Bar & foyer space is inteded for people to come down and use before, after and during intermissions of shows. Suspended planters carry through the existing QPAC typology into common spaces.

BAR TERRACE


DESIGN RESPONSE FOYER SPACE (VIEW FROM MAIN ENTRANCE)


DESIGN RESPONSE EXHIBITION TRANSPARENCY (VIEW FROM L2 LANDING)


DESIGN RESPONSE VISUAL CONNECTIVITY TO STREET


SECTIONS

THEATRE SECTION

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DESIGN RESPONSE THEATRE (VIEW FROM BALCONY 1)


DESIGN RESPONSE THEATRE (VIEW FROM STAGE)


DESIGN RESPONSE OUTDOOR AMPHITHEATRE/ PERFORMANCE SPACE


ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS


PLANS

STREET LEVEL PLAN 1:250


PLANS

LEVEL 2 1:250


PLANS

LEVEL 3 1:250


PLANS

LEVEL 4 1:250


PLANS

LEVEL 5 1:250


SECTIONS

LONGITUDINAL 1:250


ELEVATIONS

GREY ST 1:500


ELEVATIONS

RUSSELL ST 1:500


THEATRE TECHNICAL PLANNING


SIGHT LINES

THEATRE SEATING SECTION SIGHT LINES 1:250


SIGHT LINES

MAIN SEATING LEVEL PLAN SIGHT LINES 1:250


SIGHT LINES

BALCONY 1 PLAN SIGHT LINES 1:250


SIGHT LINES

BALCONY 2 PLAN SIGHT LINES 1:250


// ANDREW BELL // N8313393// DAN101

QPAC THEATRE PROPOSAL //


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