intervention - youth theatre

the intervention project was the main design project of second year. we were given a derelict building in the centre of dundee, next to the old industrial mills, and were asked to use/extend/demolish the existing building to create a youth theatre.

existing building

as well as a small theatre the programme included a cafe, rehearsal space and workshops. as it was a youth theatre it was important to make the building accessible, open and fun.
following the theme of the year, timber construction, timber had to be the main construction material.
after studying ‘the egg’ in bath by haworth and tompkins i decided that i wanted my theatre to glow and i wanted the light to come from the theatre lights.

series of concept drawings

my initial concept was to have the theatre as a contained space that glowed at night. the idea of the roof was to reflect the emitting light as the underside was aluminum. if i were to return to this project i could emit the balance cantilevered roof and allow the roof of the theatre to be the external roof.

section

the section above shows the main theatre space to the front(left), the reception space in the middle and the rehearsal space to the rear. i created a basement level to accommodate service like toilets, the cafe kitchen,  store rooms and the building services. below is a plan of the ground floor showing the cafe to the front of the building and and external performance area in the courtyard.

ground floor plan

below are some of the small perspective drawing i did to communicate my ideas. clockwise: an internal view of the theatre space, a perspective showing the gap between the existing building and the inserted theatre space, the external performance space showing how the new glass wall slides into the existing building and finally is an image of the front of the building showing the glow from the theatre space.