Marquee Theater, SoHo, NYC, USA
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role
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Diane Lewis Architect
Project Leader
Unbuilt
1990
The project involved the 1,800 sf renovation of a storefront to provide the minimum accouterments for a 75 seat theater in a flexible design, offering multiple seating arrangements and maximum performance space.
Aside from the required toilets and mechanical room enclosure, there are no fixed partitions. A ceiling system, occupying a 1′- 6″ zone at the underside of the existing structure and consisting of tubular beams and aluminum soundproofed panels, supports a bridge-crane from which are suspended four movable walls, each with its unique programmatic role in the theater: The Entry Truss; The Lighting Booth Truss; The Lighting Truss; and, The Stage Wall Truss.
This flexible scheme for “four walls” and a “roof” endeavored to consolidate and minimize the infrastructure requirements for a small theater.
