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HaworthTompkins Theatr Clwyd Design and Access Statement, October 2019 Team CLIENT THEATRE CONSULTANT FIRE CONSULTANT PLANNING CONSULTANT THEATR CLWYD CHARCOALBLUE LLP OFR FIRE + RISK CONSULTANTS LAMBERT SMITH HAMPTON + FLINTSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL 180 THE STRAND SUITE 101, JACTIN HOUSE 2 ARUNDEL STREET 24 HOOD STREET 6TH FLOOR THEATR CLWYD LONDON MANCHESTER 3 HARDMAN STREET RAIKES LANE WC2R 3DA M4 6WX MANCHESTER MOLD M3 3HF CONTACT: ALEX WILLIAMS CH7 1YA CONTACT: EMMA CHAPMAN TEL: 0752 151 3720 CONTACT: PAUL SHUKER TEL: 020 7928 0000 CONTACT: LIAM EVANS-FORD TEL: 0161 242 7056 TEL: 01352 756331 ACOUSTIC CONSULTANT ACCESS CONSULTANT CHARCOALBLUE LLP HADA PROJECT DIRECTOR 180 THE STRAND CONTACT: HELEN ALLEN PLANN 2 ARUNDEL STREET TEL: 020 8340 1990 40 MORTIMER STREET LONDON LONDON WC2R 3DA W1W 7RQ CONTACT: JACK TILBURY CONTACT: VANGELIS KOUFOUDAKIS BREEAM ASSESSOR TEL: 020 3846 9230 TEL: 020 7928 0000 WYG QUAY WEST AT MEDIACITYUK TRAFFORD WHARF ROAD, TRAFFORD STRUCTURAL ENGINEER PARK ARCHITECT BETTS ASSOCIATES MANCHESTER HAWORTH TOMPKINS LTD OLD MARSH FARM BARNS, WELSH ROAD M17 1HH 33 GREENWOOD PLACE SEALAND LONDON FLINTSHIRE CONTACT: IAN GARMORY NW5 1LB CH5 2LY TEL: 0161 874 8770 CONTACT: JESSICA DALY/WILL MESHER CONTACT: MEL FRIMSTON TEL: 020 7250 3225 TEL: 01244 288178 PRINCIPAL DESIGNER ADVISOR PFB CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT CONTRACTOR/QUANTITY SURVEYOR SERVICES ENGINEER SERVICES KIER SKELLY & COUCH 2ND FLOOR KIER HOUSE, WINDWARD DRIVE 6-9 UNION WHARF 72 CANNON STREET ESTUARY PARK 23 WENLOCK ROAD LONDON SPEKE, LIVERPOOL LONDON EC4N 6AE L24 8QR N1 7SB CONTACT: KATHI HILL CONTACT: DANE HARROP CONTACT: STEVE WHITE TEL: 020 7329 1221 TEL: 0151 448 5200 TEL: 020 7424 770 2 Theatr Clwyd, Design and Access Statement, 2019 Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 4 INTRODUCTION 5 THE SITE: HISTORY AND CONTEXT 6 BRIEF 10 PLANNING CONTEXT 11 CONSULTATION PROCESS 12 ARCHITECTURAL PROPOSAL 15 DESIGN DEVELOPMENT 32 EXTERNAL APPEARANCE AND MATERIALS 34 KEY SPACES 44 ACCESSIBILITY 62 ACCESS VEHICULAR TRAVEL, SIGNAGE AND SECURITY 64 PUBLIC ART 65 SUSTAINABILITY 66 SITE ACCESS, PHASING AND CONSTRUCTION 68 ROOF ACCESS AND MAINTENANCE 69 AREA SCHEDULE 70 Model of Theatr Clwyd and the proposed south facade. HaworthTompkins 3 Executive Summary The much needed refurbishment of Theatr Clwyd will revitalise the theatre for the next generation. It will provide a new home for the local community and prevent the much loved building from possible closure. A new timber extension at the front of the building provides a new, welcoming foyer space at three floors and contains a new double height restaurant, bar and café, as well as a meeting room and Green Room. Largely glazed, the foyer provides improved views out over the landscape of the surrounding hills, and is shaded by a large timber canopy to the south side. Venis aut experibus maxim quo berio evel mo comnihicid Two new rehearsal rooms are provided, including a full height room that can take a rehearsal for the maximpo rrorporit, optatur? Hendae et que qui omnimolestia Anthony Hopkins Theatre stage, the Clwyd Room is refurbished with the floor raised to all one level, and a corum, tenimod ma nectendae dollaborro cor aut as aspelis series of designated flexible rooms for community groups are created for creative engagement, kids play and alibus andigenis voluptat. Health and Wellbeing. A sensory garden and kids play area are provided on the east elevation. Neque parum ute que doluptaquam qui apictio nsequi atis Auditoriums are improved technically, with minor improvements to seating planning and control rooms. parchillum que vellorernam alit aborehendit que velliatent odi tem quatusandis et, simet labo. Ebis alici volorest, te dis ma Backstage areas are refurbished and internal layouts rearranged where necessary to meet requirements of coreium sitassitat quam faccatas ipsapie ndestibus et eaquae. different departments. A new workshop extension at the back of the site provides a facility that is currently Ipis eum is am quatum nus. off-site, allowing all departments to be located at the theatre. A viewing gallery is created to allow the public Optionseque nossi corro blam hariber estibustione lam nese to view backstage facilities. posandi dis dolorib usanduc ipsapiendi cumquist offictae evenem faciis il et explabo. Ita doluptassi voluptas ipiet excerios Accessibility will be improved throughout, with level access to all front of house areas, 5 new passenger excerest acculla sinullorecte quatus si ut reprae velibus sam lifts, accessible WC’s throughout the building and showers in back of house areas, and new wheelchair quissim incietur? positions in auditoriums. Suntia dolor minctatetur aut ut dolenis quis exerum voloraerum The thermal envelope of the building will be improved, and renewable energy sources including PV panels eic tem ut aliquae rorectetur, cuptate pliam verum ipid ute and air source heat pumps utilised to improve energy consumption. All services and theatre equipment are libust aut es erspernam, sument, utesequia doluptur as auditate replaced throughout the building. cum que illam, odi cus dolores etur si ut del expeles nos ad quatiundi deliciis et optatent eariorat as perci consequi quaest Whilst the surrounding landscape does not form part of the scope for this planning application, some initial que natem dolupta tincto et la niendae non pa nonseque inciati proposals have been developed to consider how the new theatre could relate to the landscape and wider consed ut que vellecu saestius el ma quas reptam aut. campus. Illustrative proposals are shown in images throughout this report. Concept sketch showing Theatr Clwyd foyer and fly tower within the rural setting. 4 Theatr Clwyd, Design and Access Statement, October 2019 Introduction This Stage 3 Report has been produced by Haworth Tompkins Ltd. to support the full planning application made on behalf of Theatr Clwyd for the refurbishment and extension of Theatr Clwyd in Mold, Flintshire. This report has been developed in consultation with the client and design team. Although no formal pre-application process was required due to the extent of new build being below the threshold, this report follows meetings and dialogue with Flintshire County Council Planning, Flintshire Conservation, and CADW, as well as extensive public consultation, and has been developed in response to comments received. This document provides an analysis of the existing building and requirements of the brief, followed by a detailed explanation of the proposals for the new building. Reference is made to other supporting documents, including the Heritage Impact Assessment and Heritage Impact Statement, which are included as Appendices. The proposed south facade and Foyer extension at night. HaworthTompkins 5 The Site: History and Context Theatr Clywd was designed by architect R.W. Harvey and the department of Architecture at Flintshire County Council, opening in May 1976. The theatre is part of a larger county civic complex, consisting of the Shire Hall (1968) with later extensions in 1972 and 1975, Magistrates and Crown Court (1969) and Library (1969). The theatre was conceived as the jewel in the crown and represents the last development of the masterplan. Driven by national policy to provide a cultural offering to the population of post-war Britain, the Welsh Arts Council formed in 1946 as part of the Arts Council of Great Britain, becoming in effect, a cultural arm of the Welfare State. Theatr Clwyd became part of a project consisting of multiple Arts venues stretching across Wales that now forms a legacy of post-war optimism in public building. The building is approached via the east or west along a dedicated drop off road that divides the civic complex. The theatre sits at the highest and most northern part of the civic complex with views across the valley below to the Clwydian Range. Surrounded by lands for agriculture and woodland, the theatre’s location is unique to an institution of its size and popularity. The majority of people enter the building via the car park tunnel, linking the underground car park Location of Theatr Clwyd in the UK and North Wales. to the ground floor foyer. The car park is embedded into the landscape carving itself into the hillside and providing adequate capacity for the theatre. Featuring the separate functions of theatre, function suite and educational technology centre, the original building was the site of increasing Arts investment in North Wales. The long, wide corridor linking the parts of the building as a generous circulation spine also formed an art gallery. The Educational Technology Centre was an ambitious project comprising a TV studio, production facilities, a film and tape library and ‘viewing theatre’ - now the cinema. HTV later ran the facilities as a TV studio before the theatre took over the whole building. A later office annexe to the north-west corner is occupied by a tenant with a long lease and this element of the building does not form part of the current study, although is intended to be used for the theatre admin team to move into during construction. The theatre element was well laid out functionally by the standards of its time. The fact that many areas are unaltered is evidence of sensible, pragmatic planning. However, some aspects have not stood the test of time. The workshop, while adequate for the functions of set building, trial assembly and painting originally envisaged, was outgrown at an early stage, and it is now used for painting and making props only. No rehearsal room was provided - possibly it was envisaged that the flat floor of the EWT would N serve as rehearsal room as well as studio theatre - and the office space provided for the theatre as opposed to the Educational Technology Centre was small. In addition, the theatre now has other Aerial photo showing Theatr Clwyd in the surrounding rural landscape, near to Mold. 6 Theatr Clwyd, Design and Access Statement, October 2019 activities to accommodate such as youth and outreach work, a greater amount of in house productions, and facilities for public and staff fall short of modern expectations.