PERFORMING ARTS AUDITORIUM MIDLAND, TEXAS a Performing Arts Auditorium Midland, Texas
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PERFORMING ARTS AUDITORIUM MIDLAND, TEXAS A Performing Arts Auditorium Midland, Texas Presented to Professor W. Laurence Garvin DIVISION OF ARCHITECTURE TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY In Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements of the Bachelor of Architecture Degree By James Sims /•/f'-^ TABLE OF CONTENTS oBACKGROUND 1 Goals and Objectives 3 oSITE ANALYSIS 23 oACTIVITY ANALYSIS 51 oSPACE SUMMARY 61 °COST ANALYSIS 68 "SYSTEMS PERFORMANCE CRITERIA 74 oDETAILED SPACE LIST 82 oBIBLlOGRAPHY 124 oCASE STUDIES 126 Introduction been met. AIM (Auditorium in Midland, Inc.), organized by a group of interested citizens, has Periodically, Midland's civic leaders have 3 been established to achieve this objective. assembled for a future-planning session to AIM was established two years ago with a establish long-range goals for the city. These single purpose in mind; an auditorium which goal-setting conferences, titled "Objectives for could be used by the Midland-Odessa Symphony and Midland," have provided the initiative for vital Chorale, the Permian Civic Ballet, area school community projects. One of the primary objec music competitions, religious events, touring tives is to "build a civic auditorium with 4 groups, and conventions. Midland has the only seating for approximately 2,000 people designed metropolitan symphony in the United States that specifically for utilization by symphonies, plays in a high school auditorium. Midland is ballet, opera, professional touring theaters, a city which has been growing at an enormous community concerts and other civic, political rate. Its performing arts have been growing and religious events requiring a full-sized right along with it. Practically everything auditorium. Priority consideration should be that's been done in the past 10 to 15 years has given to locating the facility in the central been smaller than the ultimate growth. business district. Support from private sources should be sought to cover a substantial portion 2 of the cost." Although both objectives con ferences recommended the establishment of a civic auditorium, it is one of the only objec tives from both the '70s and '80s which has not Goals and Objectives Objectives: •The quality of any single performance Goals; should not be compromised to the extent •To create a facility that can successfully that the design elements, used to accom accommodate a variety of performances. modate a variety of performances, detract .To create an environment that will be from its enjoyment. conducive to the utmost enjoyment of a •The facility will provide functions for performance. cultural, civic, religious, and school •To create a facility which can be enjoyed groups. by the most culturally adept patron of the -The facility will be used to present cul arts or a school child. tural performances in the evening, as well •To create a facility that will bring new as a place around which people may congre activity to the central business district gate throughout the day. at night, as well as create a focal point •The parking garage adjacent to the facil of enjoyment during the daytime. ity must have sufficient parking for the 'To create a facility that can accommodate facility, as well as the federal building required parking needs, as well as help and the surrounding area. alleviate daytime shortages. Fig. 1 GENERAL INFORMATION* but the foundation of Midland's population growth was set. (Fig. 2) Location: Midland is located in the Permian Basin of West Texas midway (300 miles) between Dallas-Ft. 140 Worth and El Paso along Interstate 20. (Fig. 1) / • / • 120 • Population: / / In 1900, Midland had a population of 1,500 100 persons. At this time. Midland was developing a^ the regional cattle shipping center. During O 80 — /-• o o / the 1920's. Midland's population had leveled off x I n at about 2,500. At this time, the area con o sisted mostly of farmers and ranchers. However, pulatlo - - - - a. in 1921 when oil was discovered 70 miles south 40 L— east of Midland, its economic base began to shift from ranching and farming to petroleum. 20 The oil boom days were still some distance off. 1950 60 70 80 90 2000 Year *Sources Profile/Midland, Texas (Except where Fig. 2 otherwise noted.) It is estimated that by the year 1985 the tion, the population by the year 2000 is esti combined populations of Midland and Ector Coun mated at almost 400,000 people. ties (the Petroplex area) will be almost 230,000 Since the auditorium will accommodate a people and that by the year 2000 the combined variety of performances and will serve people of population will be over 300,000 people. When all ages, it might be advisable to break down projected population for all of the counties the population by age as well as by sex. Fig. 3 surrounding Midland are taken into considera is just such a graph. 60 50 mm Male D Female O O 40 c a> ^ 30 o z 20 10 O 4 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-24 2529 30-34 3539 40-44 45-49 50-54 5559 60-64 6569 70+ Age Fig. 3 Economy; which is one of the largest privately owned In recent years. Midland has greatly diver banks in the United States, and three savings sified its economy. Today businesses in Midland and loans. The six banks have had an enormous are involved in the manufacturing of steel, increase in deposits in the past 15 years. plastics and clothing, dairy products, and elec (Fig. 4) Bank deposits have increased from tronic calculators and watches. Midland is also $209,182,434 in 1966 to $1,958,134,351 in 1981; highly regarded as a communications and data an increase of $1,748,951,917 or approximately processing center, as well as in the manufac 900 percent. turing of oil tools and equipment for a world Another indication of Midland's growth is market. in the area of new construction. During the The oil industry and agriculture remain a mid-sixties, construction declined slightly but significant factor in the economy of Midland and has been growing at an astonishing rate ever the surrounding area. Proven oil reserves in since the early seventies. (Fig. 5) In 1981 the Midland production area are 42.2 percent of construction permits exceeded $300 million; the Texas total and 22 percent of the proven $127,883,765 going towards commercial, resources in the United States. Agriculturally, $112,530,929 towards single-family residential, cotton is the principal cash crop; however, and $46,301,000 for multi-family residential. sorghums, alfalfa, and hay are also raised. (Fig. 6) Midland is also the banking and financial Another indicator of Midland's economic center of the Permian Basin. The city has six growth is the city's expanding office space. progressive banks, including First National Bank 2000-, 300 o o §2 00 o w 1500- 100 o 80 O O o o Fig. 5 °r 1000 X (0 O a. « 500- Year 8^ 66 68 70 72 74 76 78 Single Family Multi Family Year Commercial Residential Residential Fig- 4 Fig. 6 8 Multi-tenant office space has more than tripled (gross) in additional office space in Midland. in the past seven or eight years. Surprisingly, Midland is second only to Houston 9 in office space in Texas cities at present. Year Total Sq. Ft. % Change (Gross)* In Effective Buying Income (EBI) in 1980, 1975 2,101,819 Midland ranked 21st in Texas and 254th in the 1976 2,149,006 2.24% 1977 2,149,006 0% nation. In median household, average house 1978 2,273,978 5.81% 1979 2,808,096 23.48% hold, and per capita EBI, however. Midland 1980 3,023,722 7.67% 1981 3,586,532 18.61% ranked quite high. 1982 5,824,196 62.39% 1983 6,530,921 16.29% Median Household EBI $23,979 2nd in Texas *Multi-tenant projects of 10,000 15th in Nation square feet or more, existing or under construction through Septem Average Household EBI $27,909 1st in Texas ber 1, 1982. 10th in Nation Per Capita EBI $10,143 1st in Texas Of the 6,530,921 total square feet listed in 8th in Nation 1983, 5,824,196 square feet is leasable: 83.94 percent of the office space in Midland has been Culture: leased or pre-leased; 96.09 percent of con Midland Community Theatre is located in a structed space has been leased. The average $2.3 million complex and has more than 5,000 rent per square foot is $15.11. A total of 14 members. Seven annual productions are presented projects have been proposed between September 1, in Theatre I and three smaller productions in 1982 and December 31, 1985. This will be an Theatre II. Midland Community Theatre is also additional construction of 3,905,616 square feet 40% The Museum also operates the Lancaster Garden Center and the Marion Blakeman Planetarium which 30%- opened in 1975. Several other museums are in the Midland 20% area. The Abell-Hanger Foundation's Pliska Aviation Museum houses one of the state's first io%- planes, built in 1911, as well as other displays of early aviation in Midland. Another, the 3,000 5,000 8,000 10,000 15,000 25XD00 50000+ -3,000 -4,999 -7,999 -9,999 -14,999 -24999 -49(999 Midland County Historical Museum, is in the Fig. 7 County Library building. The Permian Basin Museum, Library and Hall involved in a Children 's Theatre School and the of Fame is one of the two major museums in the annual Summer Mummer Melodramas. country concentrating on the oil industry.