For my cinematek proposal, I explored the idea of separation and distinction of the theaters from the other programmatic elements. There is a physical separation of the two theaters, stacked on top of another, from the rest of the building that is surrounding this volume. The floor plate of the rest of the building is not connected to the theater volumes and there are bridges at certain points that connect them. To further articulate this idea, I used different materials for these two parts of the cinematek. The theaters are enveloped in a concrete mass. Other than this volume, the cinematek is structurally supported on steel hollow columns, steel joists, and beams, and these are wrapped with a glass curtain wall.
Through the acoustic panels which would go inside the concrete envelope of the theaters, I wanted to extend the idea of separation by creating undulating surfaces. Movie-goers would be able to touch these panels where it is protruding into the aisles and it would be more difficult, or implied that it is not intended for them, to have physical contact with the panel at points where the surface is moving back. These vertical panels would be individually attached to the wall (with some kind of built-in sound system / speakers), leaving gaps in between each panel for sound and other utilities. The tiles would hopefully be made of steel, or another kind of metal, to still show the connection
between the theater and the other parts of the cinematek.
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| attachment of the acoustic panels to the wall |
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| sketch of theater interior |
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| SONIC performance of one panel |
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| SONIC performance of panel assembly |
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