Theater Renovation | caitlinsherman

The client for this project was Footlite Musicals in Indianapolis. This space had not been renovated since the 70s and had red velour walls, floor and seats with old white ceiling tiles. This was a unique challenge because this was the first time looking at theater design. Photoshop was also mastered along side this project, therefor all rendering was completed with this program. It was a group project to renovate the theater's house, lobby, and backhouse.

The staff's requirements were that red stay the main color of the space. With that we incorporated purple and gold to liven up the atmosphere. The plan was not up to code so we had to redetermine the number of exits, number of bathrooms, and cooridor widths. The ceiling in the lobby was very low and could not be raised at all. Previously in place were white ceiling tiles, we switched these out for a copper colored tile to add some fun. All the electrical had previously been updated about a year before.

The floorplan was done in AutoCAD and all renderings were done in Photoshop.

THEATER RENOVATION

Theater House The client wanted to stick with the traditional concept of red curtain. To modernize this and add more drama we included gold and purple. Seating is by American Seating and the double seats are custom. Stage was not altered.	Lobby All the rendering was done in photoshop. The box in back left is a the ticket box. Footlite wanted the lobby to very colorful and exciting. Along the back wall is a resin panel by lumicor.	Seating Typical Designed in Rhino and imported into Revit and the AutoCAD. The double seats scattered throughout the space allowed for a unique experience that the user would remember.
Floorplan The number of seats stayed the same.There were not enough bathrooms by code and caused long lines during intermission. This plan doubled the number of stalls.	Materials All of the fabrics used were made by Maharam. Lumicor resin panel used in lobby. Ceiling tile is bronze 2'x2' by Ceilume. Carpet is custom by Shaw. Cork flooring used in entry way to help with acoustics and traction.

Theater House

The client wanted to stick with the traditional concept of red curtain. To modernize this and add more drama we included gold and purple. Seating is by American Seating and the double seats are custom. Stage was not altered.

Lobby

All the rendering was done in photoshop. The box in back left is a the ticket box. Footlite wanted the lobby to very colorful and exciting. Along the back wall is a resin panel by lumicor.

Seating Typical

Designed in Rhino and imported into Revit and the AutoCAD. The double seats scattered throughout the space allowed for a unique experience that the user would remember.

Floorplan

The number of seats stayed the same.There were not enough bathrooms by code and caused long lines during intermission. This plan doubled the number of stalls.

Materials

All of the fabrics used were made by Maharam. Lumicor resin panel used in lobby. Ceiling tile is bronze 2'x2' by Ceilume. Carpet is custom by Shaw. Cork flooring used in entry way to help with acoustics and traction.