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In 1990, our firm completed the renovation and lobby expansion of Memorial Auditorium. In 1996, we were retained by the City of Raleigh to study the possibility of the further addition of two performance spaces: a 600-seat theater and 1700-seat concert hall. After determining that the site could indeed accommodate these additions, focused design efforts began. Our initial feasibility study made clear to us that based upon the scale and location of this project, urban design issues would be of great importance. We were also well aware that the functional and formal characteristics of the two venues were vastly different. The design evolved from these clear realizations. We felt it was proper not to attempt to compete with the central, octostyle lobby. We also felt it was important to generate a design solution that presented a uniform, civic scaled façade composition across the entire site. This we achieved by incorporating a highly engineered curtain wall extending east and west from the lobby terminating at solid, limestone pavilions. Anchoring the ends of the façade in this Palladian manner creates a visual connection across the site and demarcates the boundaries. Behind this uniform lobby façade, the varying architectural needs of the two additions were allowed to happen. Both halls are essentially introverted volumes surrounded on three sides by lobby and circulation space and at the rear by backstage functions. The "shoebox" massing of the Meymandi Hall is directly influenced by acoustical concerns. The compact mass of the Fletcher Opera Theater and its associated stage house is directly influenced by sight lines and by providing a close, intimate connection to the stage. Meymandi Hall (1700 seats) was designed and constructed with virtually every decision being guided by concern for acoustical performance. For example, the sidewalls of the hall are pre-cast concrete panels, set deliberately non-parallel. The ceiling of the space is made of perforated metal panels, allowing sound to pass through where it then reflects off of a pored concrete roof deck. The HVAC system is delivered via an under-slab air plenum so as to eliminate any noise contribution. Interior finishes of the Concert Hall include cherry paneling, painted plaster, perforated aluminum panels, acoustical fabric, painted drywall and textured coating over concrete. The Fletcher Opera Theater (600 seats) provides a surprisingly intimate relation to the stage. Every seat in the Theater is within seventy feet of the stage front. The stage itself is one of the largest and most well equipped stages for a theater of this size in the country. A large variety of performances can be accommodated here. Finishes in the Fletcher Opera Theater include cherry paneling, painted structural steel, honed and cleft Vermont slate, frosted glass balcony fronts, painted drywall, stained concrete floors and carpet. Awards:
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