Performing Arts Charrette, January 30, 2001

The following report was prepared by the Architect and will be assumed to be correct unless written exceptions are received within two weeks of publication date.

 

 

 

     Meeting                                                                

          Date:     30 January 2001                                       Report Date:  19 February 2001                

   Location:      224 Macmillian            

      Project:     Wells College Academic Functional Space Programming    

           

Project No:     98048E           

Subject:      Academic Functional Space Programming with the Division of Performing Arts and Physical Education

 

 

Attendees:      Wells College                            Diane Koester, Associate Dean of the College

                                                                        Jeanne Goddard, Associate Professor of Dance

                                                                        Susan Forbes, Associate Professor of Theatre

                                                                        Joe DeForest, Technical Director/ Facilities Manager

                                                                        Jeri Whiting, Director of Physical Education

                                                                        Lyn LaBar, Athletic Administrator 

 

                        HOLT Architects                      Grace Chiang

                                                                        Tina Lacey

 

Discussion:

1.      G. Chiang explained that the goal of this meeting was to promote dialogue between the Physical Education department and Dance Theatre and to discuss appropriate adjacencies and efficiencies that should be considered during planning.

 

2.       The functional space program will be informed by the specific future space needs detailed in the completed space data sheets.  This information is being used to assess the academic functional space programming needs and to create a list of spaces.  

 

3.      Discussion began with shared space opportunities between Physical Education and Athletics and Performing Arts:

a.       Locker room space:

i.           P.E. classes

ii.         Community use including children’s swim

iii.       Faculty/Staff locker space for 25

iv.       Wells Teams and dancers (if in the same building as Performing Arts Dance program)

v.         Visiting Teams and male locker room space

b.      The locker rooms should be centrally located for easy access to showers and physical conditioning equipment.

 

4.      G. Chiang requested that the Physical Education and Athletics faculty fill out the detailed Space Data Sheets which will help in HOLT’s efforts to collect detailed information about space requirements.  One set should be filled out for each space envisioned. 

 

5.      It was determined that ideally Dance/Theatre and Music (and possibly Visual Arts) should share a building and that Physical Education and Athletics should be in a separate building.

 

The remainder of the meeting involved only the performing arts faculty:

6.      The preliminary functional space program tabulation was reviewed and discussed in detail.

a.       Dressing Rooms:

i.        Each of the two large dressing room should have private access to 1 shower, 1 toilet and a double sink vanity.

ii.      The two small dressing rooms could share a bathroom with 2 showers, 2 toilets and a double sink vanity.

iii.    Dressing rooms could be shared by the proscenium theatre, the black box theatre and the dance studio.

b.      Costume Construction Shop: 6 – 8 Stations

Costume Construction Shop would serve as a costume creation area, four (4) sewing machine stations, costume hanging space, two (2) 4’x8’ standup work tables, two (2) ironing boards and a drafting table. Provide both incandescent and florescent light to allow for viewing of colors and materials under both types of lights.

c.       Costume Maintenance Shop: 2 – 3 Stations

A Costume Maintenance area should be adjacent to the Costume Construction Shop.  Repairs would occur in this space.  A large utility sink, two (2) washers, two (2) dryers and work table for gluing and ironing.  It would be necessary for this space to be well ventilated.  Again both incandescent and florescent light is required.

d.      Costume Shop Storage: S. Forbes will forward the current and projected number of garments and pieces for the Wells costume collection to HOLT.

i.           Storage needs include – Hat boxes, shoe boxes and accessories in clear plastic bins.

ii.         Hanging garments on an electric carousel.

iii.       A computer station near the entrance to track inventory of the Costume Shop.

iv.       Appropriate humidity and temperature control for the materials being stored.

v.         The Dance and Music Department’s costume storage needs could also be accommodated in              the Costume Shop Storage space.

e.      Scene Shop and Paint Shop

i.        Need to accommodate items that would fit in the opening of the proscenium.

ii.      Drafting designs courses could be in the scene shop.

f.        Scenic Design/Lighting Design: This space could be shared space with Visual Arts.

i.           To accommodate 10 drafting tables.

ii.      S. Forbes commented that a horseshoe shaped arrangement for the stations with a center work table with a lighting grid above would be desirable

g.      Digital Media Classrom

i.        10 stations

h.      Lighting / Sound / Electric Shop:

i.        A/V maintenance area is unnecessary if a there is a central college A/V maintenance shop.

ii.      Theatre, lighting equipment maintenance space will be required.

i.        The Wig, Mask, Make-up Classroom Space: 2 barber chair stations and 10 stations with room for 2 students at each station.

i.           This space could double as a dressing room for the “star” of a production.

ii.      This space should include “plenty” of sink space, mirrored walls at counter level that run around the perimeter of the room, good ventilation, a dry erase board, multi-media equipment and projection surface.

 

j.        The Black Box Theatre:

i.        Dedicated dressing rooms with bathroom.

ii.      Dance could share the Black Box.

k.      The Green Room: 

i.        The Green Room would be used by the Black Box Theatre, Proscenium Theatre and as a conference space for the visual arts department.

ii.      Comfortable seating as well as a conference table for 12 or 2 dining room style tables that would seat 6.

iii.    A kitchenette area with filtered water.

l.        Dance Studio:

i.        30’x40’ space.  In the ideal scenario there would be two dance studios, one for ballet and the other for modern dance.  If one studio is provided, careful consideration must be given to the type of flooring so as to satisfy the requirements of both types of dance, e.g., a marley type flooring.

m.    Office/Meeting space needs:

i.        Dance Faculty Offices

(1)    Dance faculty office

(2)    Dance Adjunct office

ii.      Theatre Faculty Office

(1)    Theatre Faculty

(2)    Technical Faculty

(3)    Theory Critic Faculty

(4)    Drafting Design Studio/Office

(5)    Costume Designer 

(6)    Scenic Designer

(7)    Lighting Designer

iii.    Production Office that could be used for conference/meeting space with multi-media capabilities.

iv.    Production/Marketing Administrator would need a “front of the house” office, perhaps adjacent to or part of the Box Office space.

 

7.      US Institute of Theatre Technology (USITT) is a good resource for the theatre industry.

 

 

Prepared by,

 

HOLT ARCHITECTS, P.C.

 

 

Tina Lacey

 

 

cc: Attendees, L. Ryerson, E. Hall, J. Woolford