Commercial Interior Space Designing-II 4(1+3)
Lesson 14:Designing Public Space – Cultural Facilities
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Design considerations
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- Access: Services and facilities should be provided in locations that optimise accessibility for all users and provide access for people with disabilities. To this end facilities should be centrally located in mixed use areas, identifiable by users of the service, be visually appropriate with adequate signage and have good access to public transport.
- Equity: Services and facility planning considers the long and short-term needs of residents and visitors with regard to access to facilities and services to achieve inter-generational equity. Facility management considerations need to address issues of affordability with regard to meeting principles relating to access and equity. Where cultural and community facilities or spaces are displaced by redevelopment, assessment of the impact of removal should be undertaken to determine the extent or how alternative facilities need to be provided. Such assessment would include the need to replace existing facilities plus provide for the needs of incoming populations.
- Equality: The diverse needs of residents, workers and visitors are to be considered in the planning and provision of services and facilities. In planning for the provision of community and cultural facilities consideration is given to recognition of the dignity, worth, independence, cultural diversity and human rights of people seeking to access facilities for cultural and community activities.
- Consultation and collaboration: Fair, open and participatory processes are used in planning for cultural and community facilities and services. To achieve this, the active involvement of the community including social, cultural and commercial groups as well as other government and non-government agencies is encouraged in planning, development and review processes.
- Safety: Community safety issues are considered in the design and location of facilities. Where possible, natural surveillance of public facilities and amenities should be provided by locating facilities in active, mixed use and accessible locations.
- Flexibility and innovation: Facility design should recognize that communities are dynamic and constantly undergoing change. Facility design should be sufficiently robust and flexible to provide opportunities for adapting facilities to meet changing needs through the life cycle of the communities. Flexible and innovative approaches to management will promote opportunities for partnership, collaboration and coordination.
- Sustainability: The provision of facilities and amenities contributes to a diverse, supportive community and an efficient, healthy and livable city and contributes to community well being. In order to meet commitments to ecological sustainability and reducing greenhouse emissions, facility planning and development is linked to consideration of energy efficiency, waste minimization, integrated land use and transport planning.
- Amenity: Facility development and provision aims to be functional, people oriented, user friendly, welcoming and attractive. The design and management of facilities encourages and promotes community participation and ownership.
- Value management:
- Facility provision is based on an approach that includes stakeholder participation, an integrated planning process, needs analysis, development, and determination of options for operation, evaluation and depreciation.
- Efficient and effective management of facilities is achieved through cost effective use of available resources, to deliver value for money outcomes. In this context cultural and community facility managers are recognized as playing a community development role in fostering and initiating community programs as well as managing venue hire arrangements.
- Monitoring and evaluation are continuous and ongoing processes that should be undertaken within a community development framework.
Theater
- A theater is a building or outdoor structure where performances such as plays, operas or films are presented. Theater does not refer to the building alone but also defines where the performance takes place. The most familiar types of theater performances include acting, dance, opera, musical, oratory, movies, and other visual and audio-oriented productions.
- The theater comes from the Greek verb theatai meaning to “see, watch, look at, or behold”.
Theaters can be designed for one purpose, such as presenting dramatic plays, or can be multifunctional, producing a musical comedy one month, a drama another month or even showing movies at other times. Multiple-use theaters challenge designers to meet the requirements for each type of production.
Types of Theater:
- The theater can be designed for musical or dramatic performances. Some theaters are designed for specific types of productions.
- Theaters are also categorized by the floor plan used to develop the auditorium stage and backstage style.
- The major schools of stage design include the proscenium style and the open stage style.
- Behind the proscenium and the open stage floor plans, out of sight, are the sides of the stage called the wings.
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