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Theatre Acoustics Digital Turnkey New York Chicago London Bristol Glasgow Melbourne © Diller Scofidio + Renfro - Centre for Music, London for Music, Centre - © Diller Scofidio + Renfro We create amazing spaces where stories are told and music is made. Put simply, we love what we do. Passion for our work and for your vision means we are constantly striving to realise the best possible environment for performance. Working in partnership with architects and engineering teams, we specialise in design services for a wide range of creative spaces: from historic theatres to contemporary workplaces; permanent buildings to temporary structures; from the physical to the digital world. We provide a full spectrum of consultancy services from strategic analysis and creative concept generation through to detailed design and full project leadership. Simultaneously, we have the expertise to integrate world-class acoustic, technical and digital design solutions from the outset. Our approach is always bespoke and determined by the unique circumstances of each cultural project, auditorium or technical opportunity. Collaboration and genuine relationships are at the heart of everything we do, resulting in unique and innovative solutions that draw the best out of every space and place. Whatever the scale or budget we are driven by the desire to deliver individual solutions, derived from a deep understanding of you and your project. So yes. We love what we do, and we think you will too. Charcoalblue AGM - Prague 2019 - Prague AGM Charcoalblue Creative Collaborators At Charcoalblue, we believe that to do amazing Our work is all about spatial, visual and audible work you need collaborative relationships, a transformation, so finding different ways to huge amount of passion, a curious mind and develop how we work comes naturally. We love first-hand understanding. Theatre, acoustic to test and experiment with new materials, and digital design runs in our blood and each techniques and platforms: our R&D team push one of us has at some point worked within the the boundaries of the latest innovations in the industry that we now design for. market, both physical and virtual, ensuring we are always ahead of the curve, bringing you Our work has always been founded in a the best solutions available. creative, multi-disciplinary team approach and this remains key to our culture. Our global studio teams collaborate on every project we touch, regardless of where the project is based. This means that every brief is interrogated from every possible angle, creating new approaches and fresh innovation, every single time. © Philip Vile Everyman Theatre, Liverpool – RIBA Stirling Prize winner Andy Hayles Gavin Green Jon Stevens Katy Winter Group Chair Senior Partner - Design Senior Partner - Finance Senior Partner - People Leadership We wanted to build a different, more thoughtful side of the world, our newly formed Australasia- kind of practice, bringing together people from based team was expanding at a similar rate different sectors. Our focus was on listening with projects across Australia, New Zealand Gary Sparkes John Owens Eric Lawrence Managing Partner - UK/EU Partner - USA Partner - Australasia/Asia to organisations and creative leaders, taking and Singapore. Within this rapid growth time to understand their vision, then delivering and demand for our approach, we invested innovative, fresh and uniquely tailored in highly specialised teams in Acoustic and solutions, whatever the scale of the project. Digital Services, to complement and add value So, in 2004, ex-chief electrician Andy Hayles to our Theatre Design services. These expert and lighting & sound engineer Jon Stevens units now deliver services fully integrated joined with architect Gavin Green to become with Theatre Design as well as providing Charcoalblue, followed soon by ex-Stage independent consultation services. Manager, Katy Winter. Rapid evolution such as this meant we put Byron Harrison Ian Stickland Elena Giakoumaki Rich Garfield Our first large commission was for the Royal significant focus into developing our people Partner - Acoustics Principal Partner - Digital Principal Partner - UK/EU Partner - UK/EU Shakespeare Company. This temporary, low- and leadership, both current and future. In cost 1,000-seat theatre underpinned our 2019, we are now a global Partner group of innovative approach and its lessons are still eleven. Common ownership, equity, diversity relevant today. Since those early days, our work and a shared vision for the future are ideas has taken us to all corners of the world. In 2010 we value. We are a long way now from our Susan Feldman, Artistic Director of St Ann’s early roots, yet despite global expansion and Warehouse in Brooklyn NY, wrote to us admiring realising some of the world’s most complex and our work, leading to our first collaboration with prestigious projects, we have never lost sight a US theatre. Rapid growth in the US market led of our central belief that no project is too large Nenna Thacker Chris Spurgeon to exciting and challenging new projects across or too small, and every individual client remains Non-Executive Partner Non-Executive Partner the country. Simultaneously, on the opposite equally important to us. Theatre and Venue Consulting Acoustic Design Designing performance spaces where artists aspire to - Auditorium concept, options and Sound plays a massive part in shaping our - Room acoustic testing and analysis perform and audiences want to be is what we know best. detailed design experiences and understanding of place and space. - Computer-aided acoustic modelling We advise and guide, sketch out ideas, explore what is - Seating design and sightline studies Creative solutions to acoustic challenges require possible and resolve the seemingly impossible. We do an in-depth understanding of the science of sound, - Variable acoustics design everything from reorganising seating, reimagining an - Building-wide strategic planning balanced with a comprehensive appreciation of including critical structural, - Building and environmental noise existing space, designing the perfect acoustic response, mechanical and electrical advice building structure, ventilation, facade, interiors, surveys and site assessment developing technical requirements and future-proofing foundations and sustainability factors. We love your space with cutting edge digital innovations. If you - Technical design, including stage designing rooms and systems which integrate - Noise and vibration control engineering, stagelighting and need us to, we will deal with everything from refining the architecture, performance and construction into audiovisual systems - Sound separation brief right through to leading you confidently through coherent concepts that result in brilliant sound the full design, tendering and construction process. - Witness-test, commission and sign and great looks. Also, as a result of our uniquely off theatre systems - and attend integrated design approach, you’ll find our solutions first night party! We relish making the most of existing buildings, just can be delivered with competitive affordability. as much as we enjoy creating entirely new ones. Most importantly, we are always there as your partner in creativity; from the first napkin sketch right through to the glitter of opening night. Digital Design Turnkey Solutions Charcoalblue offers a dedicated expert digital - Design of large scale internal and external At Charcoalblue, we also offer Turnkey; our - Work together to define vision team who deliver projects from concept to presentation systems complete project lead service. No matter - Develop the brief, project scope, and completion. We create innovative ways for - Interactive system design the scale - small or large - we can lead your programme and outline budget audiences to engage with stories and extend - Broadcast, streaming systems, and cinema project from its initial stages through to design, - Lead the procurement and design team design selection process the reach of events beyond the physical procurement and construction, whilst managing - Detailed systems engineering including - Lead the design team walls of a space. Using digital technology, and coordinating the entire consultant team. content management, storage, distribution & we can create immersive theatrical and Our Turnkey service enables our clients to have - Co-ordinate, monitor and review the work of display the consultant team educational experiences, design interactive a single point of contact and contract for the - Integration of digital design proposals with - Develop project implementation plans, video installations, VR apps, broadcast suites, the design team whole design team. We understand how to bridge project milestones and deliverables events spaces, cinemas and exterior signage. - Market-tested cost schedules the void between the magic of performance and - Advise and assist on contractor Because we know both theatre and technology, - Performance specifications, bid & contract the complexities of construction. Our expert procurement routes we are able to bring together techniques from drawings leadership and streamlined cost efficient design - Oversee production of bid and monitor cinema, broadcasting and experiential theatre - Witness testing and sign off for completed service, combined with our acclaimed theatrical construction progress and software development to produce the best digital systems install innovation, yields impressive results. Using - Overseeing snagging
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