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S AVA N N A H C O N S E R VAT O R Y O F M U S I C
Architecture Design Studio V-VI Professor Algar Thagne Winter-Spring 2012
contents genius loci 18x30 in acrylic, paper, graphite on plexiglass 2013
project summary site analysis idea development solution life safety , egress, and accessibility appendix
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project summary
Peter Shannon, artistic director and conductor of the Savannah Philharmonic Symphony
Designed for the Savannah Philharmonic Symphony, The Savannah Conservatory of Music is a new center for music education and performance experience unlike Savannah has ever had before. The center exists as a landmark destination for the city and will provide a variety of performance facilities for the Savannah Philharmonic Symphony and other community or visiting groups.
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A theatre hosts live performance; unlike a cinema or auditorium, it is not meant only for presentation. It’s a space where audience and performers exchange dialogue, attention, and energy. A successful theatre supports and enhances this exchange.
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the building is a place for learning, performing, and community gathering the audience must feel closely linked with the performers and each other the audience should be clustered around the performers, within limits of good sighnlines and acoustical waves the auditorium should be scaled to sustain, support, and enhance the performance the architecture should encourage a sense of excitement, playfulness, and desire
A concert or recital hall are theatres for the performance of music. Acoustical requirements shape the volume and form of the theatre so that no amplification is required. Characteristic of this theatre type is that performers and audience share the same space- there is no architectural separation between stage and auditorium. In today’s modern age, live music performances are extraordinarily varied and aren’t used exclusively for acoustic or orchestral music. A new hall should allow flexibility for adaptable uses such as dance, amplified music, alternative music performance, multi-media performance, and small theatre.
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Case Study: Young Center for Performing Arts The Distillary District, Toronto, Ontario 44,000 sqf $10.0 million completed 2006 parti diagram
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Situated in a relatively new arts and culture district, the Young Center for Performing Arts utilizes the historic fabric of the old Gooderham and Worts Distillary as the backdrop for theatre, music, and learning. The overall design is characterized by a raw industrial feel, with preserved features of the historic structure, and the addition of heavy Douglas Fir timber beams and steel to respect the nature of the site. By adaptively re-using tank houses 9 and 10, the signature 2-story lobby space is created by enclosing the space between the two brick stuctures, and creates a public gatherering space for chance encounters between patrons, visitors, students, and actors.
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The Young Center contains four theaters in addition to studios, rehersal, classroom, reference library, atrium cafe, and office spaces. All theatre spaces are designed to be reconfigurable and flexible performance spaces. The Marilyn and Charles Baillie Theatre, Michael Young Theatre, Tank House Black Box Theatre, and Kevin and Roger Garland Cabaret Theatre seat 315, 207, 75, and 90 people, respectively.
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Boston Symphony Hall, Boston MA
Woodruff Symphony Hall, Atlants GA
Brevard Music Center, Brevard NC
theatre visits 7
view of site from Morrell Park
site analysis Savannah, Georgia
three at grade entry levels
Savannah’s history of shipping
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key points of interest
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views from procession down Houston Street
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aireal view of site
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Founder of Savannah, James Edward Ogelthorpe
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Savannah’s acclaimed urban design plan conceived by General James Ogelthorpe when he laid out the city in 1733 is revered and imitated all over the world. Each ward unit is focused around a central public square, and the system can be easily repeated and expanded with growth. Over time, the function of Savannah’s squares have changed from pragmatic uses such as farming and military gathering and training places to spaces meant for leisure, enjoyment, and memorialization. At times, the rigid grid of Savannah is unnoticed due to the widespread growth of the Live Oak trees native to the area, some of which are more than 100 years old. The squares serve to break up the repetition of the grid. This overpowering insertion of nature within the Ogelthorpe’s plan provide an interesting juxtaposition between the measured and the organic. The Savannah River’s history of shipping is another point of interest. While modes of transport have changed drastically over time, the purpose remains essentially the same. Savannah imports goods and products from all over the world, much of which is wasteful and unnecessary.
Savannah Map
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Performance venues & galleries
Educational Buildings
SCAD facilities
Public Transport
Major vehicle routes
aerial14view of Savannah, highlighting squares and River Street
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site analysis, plan, and sections
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The original intent for the creation of the site model was to form a paper impression of the topography from a mold. In reality, the results of the paper mold were unsatisfactory and the more interesting part of the process became the waffle mold used to form the paper and allow water to drain as the paper dried. This unexpected resulted yielded a new idea that was much better than the originally intended. By further exploring possibilities with the waffle mold, a new discovery was made by shaping and inserting cut blocks into the mold. This solution more successfully illustrates the grided nature of Savannah, and the adaptability of the grid to accommodate new features.
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waffle mold of site
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PRIMARY main auditorium stage black box/experimental media theatre lobby lounge/bar amphitheatre/ music playground (outdoor)
3000 sq ft 1000 sq ft 1050 sq ft 400 sq ft 1050 sq ft -
SECONDARY back of house pit individual rehersal rm. group rehersal rm. ensamble rehersal public restrooms box office offices: director, manager, stage manager library of records
1050 sq ft 180 sq ft 35 sq ft 70 sq ft 1000 sq ft 300 sq ft 150 sq ft 35 sq ft 120 sq ft
SUPPORT lots of storage lockers/instrument storage break room/kitchenette conference room classrooms bar/kitchen private restrooms/dressing room mechanical rooms hydraulic lifts seat wagon storage catwalk, fly, lighing systems projection room sound booth
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CIRCULATION elevator loading dock public theatre access accessable theatre access backstage theatre access exterior egress stairway public staircase fly/lighting access
program breakdown and sizing 20
amphitheater/lawn
black box
vineyard/surround hall for concerts
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black box
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end stage with pit for theatre
amphitheatre/lawn
black box end stage for recital
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a variety of stage configurations were explored
concept sketch
footprint sizing diagrams
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idea development
conceptual models
conceptual models
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conceptual models 24
early sketch
Through the intuitive acts of making, many ideas emerged and the strongest was chosen to refine into an architecture. The first gesture made was to provide a public staircase through the building linking all three levels of the site and downtown Savannah with River street. It was importaint to maintain the historic character of river street in massing and materiality. The theatre, in contrast, would be a place of surprise, delight, and intrique. These ideas would become the driving rules and constraints for the duration of the project
early sketches
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cross section of a ship hull
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early sketches
early program sketch
interpretation of ballast stones
early theatre configurations
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prospect, procession, threshold
early section sketch
building massing model
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River Street perspective view
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“ Who
as a spectator would like to step out of his asylum...
into a swimming pool, through the church via the rubbish dump
i n t o t h e s p a c e s t a t i o n? N o o n e , w e j u s t w a n t t o g o t o t h e t h e a t e r. And there we have it all...
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midterm section perspective
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theatre detail
exploded section perspective
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river street elevation
site plan 34
river street ramp section
south elevation
west elevation
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cutaway drawing
design development 40
early exploded axonometric
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Solution
concrete roof perforated copper screen
concrete shear walls
polished steel cladding
rib and purlin structure
acoustical drapery
cast concrete theatre seating bridge to Emmett Park floor slabs bearing wall music school
perforated copper screen public staircase to River St.
ordering principles
exploded axonometric illustrating tectonics of structure
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SAVAN NAH R I V ER
waving girl statue
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M O R R E L L PA R K
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E M M E T T PA R K
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section perspective
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theatre perspective 54
theatre detail section A
lounge and bar
wall section detail A (see page 62)
black box theatre/event space
mezzanine lobby
choir gallery seating
orchestra lobby
stage level
back of house
lift pit and backstage
E M M E T T PA R K classroom, library, and offices
FAC TO R S WALK ensemble, group, and individual practice rooms
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wall section detail B (see page 62) the theatre, section D
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theatre section detail
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detail C
roof: water barrier and flashing, concrete over metal decking, sloped open steel web joists on bearing concrete walls, steel angle at edge, screen clip attachment, blocking for curtain wall
curtain wall: perforated copper screen with clip in system attached to horizontal window mullions, aluminium mullion and glazing system
exterior stair: stone veneer attached to cast concrete stair with rebar reinforcing and thickened edge, brick veneer and railing with parapet cap, copper drainage gutter with flashing, embedded LED lighting
curved beam fabricated from welded steel sheet
welded flexible corrugated metal sheeting
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3rd floor: 3” polished concrete over metal decking, C-channel and open steel web joists spanning concrete bearing walls, drop ceiling
masonry bearing wall: CMU wall with reinforced concrete core, weatherproofed exterior, 2x4” insulated stud wall with gypsum
gabion wall: loose ballast stone infill, metal cage welded to steel square tube frame
polished stainless steel cladding with folded connection joints
angled 3/4” steel bearing plate with leveling bolts and grout infill
1.5’ cast concrete bearing wall with rebar
foundation: 6” concrete slab over moisture barrier, spread footing with rebar reinforcing
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sheet metal cap fastener continuous cant strip weatherproofing membrane metal screen clip 3� concrete slab sloped metal decking steel angle blocking
acoustical fabric drapery
aluminum window mullion perforated copper screen glazing open steel web joist glazing
detail C glazing perforated copper screen continuous flashing
polished stainless steel
aluminium mullion metal screen clip finishing strip polished concrete floor metal decking blocking anchor bolt metal gutter drip edge
transclucent copper screen
reinforced cast concrete slab steel C-channel wood blocking concrete reinforced CMU block moisture barrier drop ceiling gabian wall ballast stones insulation
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fan unit
vertical chase plan
plumbing wall
systems and code
vertical chase
fan unit
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cooling tower chimney
boiler fan unit
HVAC supply ducts HVAC return ducts
HVAC systems
water closet
plumbing system
absorbant material
diffusive fire-retardant acoustical drapery
reflective material
diffusive wall panels around stage portable two-sided absorbent/diffusive acoustic pillars
acoustics strategy
possible customized acoustic configurations
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theatre occupancy: 460 persons accessible seating: 6 seats in 4 locations number of accessible toilet stalls: 2 maximum allowable egress distance: 100 ft maximum actual egress distance: 96’ ft number of exits per room: at least 2
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A means of egress must provide: • A continuous and unobstructed path of exit travel from any occupied point in a building to a public way, which is a space such as a street or alley, permanently dedicated for public use. • A direction of flow to every means of egress, leading from an occupied space to a final safe outside area, away from any hazard or emergency in the building. • Exit must remain same size or get larger as the building occupants proceed downstream from areas of lesser safety to areas of greater safety and ultimately out of the building through the exit discharge. • At least two different egress paths should lead from the interior of a building to the outside at ground level.
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stairs
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appendix
floor area cost analysis
division name
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sq. cost
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general requirements 0.333 6.01 166260.64 concrete 2.41 4.36 120615.1 metals 14.35 3.64 100696.96 thermal and moisture protections 2.16 22.29 616630.56 openings 1.4 3.91 108166.24 finishes 31.25 2.53 69989.92 specialties 3.06 56.47 1562186.08 equipment 1.71 5.52 152705.28 furnishings 8.68 3.08 85205.12 conveying systems 2.06 15.68 433771.52 fire suppression 2.34 3.72 102910.08 plumbing 1.79 4.22 116742.08 HVAC 5.41 3.24 89631.36 electrical 18.51 33.46 925637.44 communications 1.55 2.8 77459.2 Total building costs 100 180.71 $4,728,607.58 building sq ft: 27664 cost per sq ft: $171 69
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