Theater Architecture I
A diverse student cohort drawn from Architecture, Drama and Arts Management students will work with the actual client, the Festival d'Avignon, and Theater consultants Jean Guy Lecat and Len Auerbach to plan and program the project design challenge, which will be the subject of the co- requisite Architecture studio (48:405/505/750)
Discover the critical elements of theater architecture design, typology & occupancy through this course's four instructional streams:
- Lecture/work sessions presented and facilitated by practicing professionals and experts from within the schools
- Programming and planning a major theater, paralleling a real project.
- Interaction with professional design teams specializing on theater projects
- Experience and evaluate performances and venue design of diverse theaters and other performance spaces.
A diverse student cohort drawn from Architecture, Drama and Arts Management students will work with the actual client, the Festival d'Avignon, and Theater consultants Jean Guy Lecat and Len Auerbach to plan and program the project design challenge, which will be the subject of the co- requisite Architecture studio (48:405/505/750). Inter-disciplinary collaboration between the Architecture, Arts Management and Drama students on research, analysis and design exercises is emphasized, with in-class work sessions and brief sketch problems, individual and group work. Subject areas will include a full range of topics that are integral to the creation, support and occupancy of a performance, including: Theater design from classical Greek through Elizabethan theater to contemporary state-of-the-art multi-media performance. Theater occupancy, programming and planning Theater systems; lighting, sound, rigging, etc. Performance/spatial interaction and critical evaluation. Site-specific design opportunities and challenges.