Bradford Live Design and Access Statement October 2018 Project Team Project Manager - Novus Project Management Architect - Aedas Arts Team Structural Engineer - Price + Myers MEP Services Engineer - BuroHappold Acoustic Consultant - Gillieron Scott Acoustic Design Theatre Equipment Consultant - Carr and Angier Fire Consultant - Innovation Fire Compliance - Acivico Cost Consultant - MACE Access Consultant - Acivico CDMC - PFB Consultancy HONG KONG Client 31/F, One Island East, 18 Westlands Road, Bradford Live Quarry Bay, Hong Kong LONDON Ivory House, St Katharine Docks London E1W 1AT United Kingdom tel 00 44 (0)20 7480 1500 [email protected] www.aedas.com ISO 9001:2015 Approval Arts Team Front Cover: Artist's Impression - Bradford Live ii | Aedas Arts Team Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ................................................................. 3 7.0 WC PROVISION COMMENTARY ..........................................54 1.0 INTRODUCTION ...................................................................... 5 7.1 Global Provision.............................................................. 54 1.1 The Project ........................................................................5 7.2 Seated Audience Provision ...........................................54 1.3 The Scope and Layout of Report ................................... 6 7.3 Seated and part Standing Audience Provision ..........55 2.0 THE EXISTING BUILDING ...................................................... 7 8.0 ACCESS STATEMENT........................................................... 56 2.1 Site Location ....................................................................7 9.0 COUNTER TERRORISM STATEMENT ................................ 60 2.2 Historical Background .................................................... 8 2.3 The Original Illingworth Design ................................... 14 ARCHITECTURAL APPENDICES ................................................ 63 2.4 The Rank Cinema Alterations ...................................... 16 Appendix A - Proposed Floor Plans ..........................................64 2.5 Organisation/Composition ........................................... 18 Appendix B - Proposed Section ................................................ 73 3.0 PROJECT BRIEF ................................................................... 20 Appendix C - Proposed Elevations ............................................74 3.1 The Vision ....................................................................... 20 Appendix D - Existing Drawings .................................................80 3.2 Architectural Brief ........................................................20 Appendix E - Area Schedule .......................................................93 3.3 Spatial Provision ...........................................................21 4.0 PROPOSED LAYOUT ............................................................ 22 4.1 Introduction .................................................................... 22 4.2 Basement Floor Plan .................................................... 24 4.3 Ground Floor Plan ......................................................... 26 4.4 Ground Floor Mezzanine Plan ..................................... 28 4.5 First Floor Plan ............................................................. 30 4.6 First Floor Mezzanine Plan ......................................... 32 4.7 Second Floor Plan ......................................................... 34 5.0 INTERIOR CHARACTER .......................................................36 5.1 The Original Design ........................................................36 5.2 Interior Design Approach ............................................. 37 6.0 EXTERNAL APPEARANCE ..................................................46 6.1 Godwin Street - East Elevation ....................................46 6.2 Thornton Road - North Elevation ................................ 48 6.3 Quebec Street - South Elevation ................................ 50 6.4 Quebec Street - West Elevation .................................. 52 Bradford Live 1 2 | Aedas Arts Team EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Introduction and western sides. When constructed, its of the original interiors are to be stabilised and and wider region as a vibrant and sustainable physical context was very different. Godwin retained. A more thorough restoration of the live music venue. The re-imagination of the This document had been prepared to support Street, although a busy thoroughfare, was Ballroom and former restaurant, along with building will make the most of the dramatic, the application for planning approval to refurbish narrower and built up on its eastern side - and some additional smaller spaces, are proposed. signature, exterior and to rework the fragments the former Bradford Odeon - which is to be was called Brewery Street. The architect, William of its historic interior to create a forward reimagined as Bradford Live. The Bradford Odeon has historic and cultural Illingworth, focused the design to pay attention looking, attractive and engaging cultural venue. signifi cance. It is one of the last of the surviving Opened in 1930 in the heart of Bradford as a on the more visible corners of the building. Flexibility in use of all areas, the Ballroom and super cinema/theatres built in the heady fi lm- 3,000 seat Art Deco ciné-variety theatre, the the new Cabaret bar will to be maximised - and With its eastern frontage now dramatically going era of the interwar years. When opened in New Victoria, as it was then called, was one of the backstage areas made to be both easy- exposed the most prominent external features 1930, as the New Victoria, the building displayed the largest and most impressive cinemas in the to-use and attractive to incoming events and of the building are the two signature octagonal great innovation. Construction of the cinema UK. artists. corner turrets and domes. The Odeon provides a started in 1928 to the designs of local architect In 1968 The Rank Organisation purchased the dramatic backdrop to City Park. William Illingworth. When completed in 1930 the New Victoria, and renamed it the Bradford building had used over 2 million bricks and 100 Odeon, It was subsequently subdivided in 1969 The Proposal tonnes of steel. to create two smaller cinema auditoria and a The proposal, illustrated within this document, Historical Context bingo hall. is to strip out the 1969 insertions and restore the In July 2000, the Odeon closed. Plans were main auditorium to its original size and shape. The former Odeon has an urban signifi cance that developed to demolish the building and Whilst most of the decoration in this area was has grown during its lifetime - with the evolving redevelop the site with a development of removed in 1960s, what remains will be kept. The context around it. The centre of Bradford is a offi ces, hotel and residential spaces. Ownership well-preserved Ballroom and restaurant wing bowl with surrounding streets sloping down of the Odeon was taken up by The Homes & will be restored back to its original state. to City Park with the shallow mirror lake at its centre. Beside this central space is the grand Communities Agency who, in 2014, transferred The entire building will be served by new Town Hall, fi ne old buildings like St George’s Hall the building back to Bradford Council, having acoustic, electrical, heating, and cooling, and some new stone buildings. On the west side invested in a programme of remediation ventilation, lighting and fi re control systems. stands the Alhambra theatre, the former Odeon which addressed the previous above ground The new venue will be able to hold around and the National Science and Media Museum. contamination issues, secured the building’s 3,000 in fully seated mode; and up to 3,800 These public buildings combine to frame the new solidity and water-tightness and prepared it for with a part standing stalls audience. It will be urban space. further transformation. In late 2014, Bradford run commercially by NEC Group, although the Live was awarded the right to renovate the building itself will be held by the Bradford Live In the history of popular music, the Odeon is of Odeon and return it to operation as a live music charity. national importance. For many years, it was the and entertainment venue. biggest live performance auditorium in the North The aspiration for the building is that it should of England and was a mainstay of (and often the The renovation of the Odeon will play a key role become a focal point for the city centre with launch venue for) national tours. The roster of in complementing the regeneration of the city. a living presence and regular daytime as well major names that played at the Bradford Odeon The return to use of the Odeon will create a as evening activity. The principal use of the is unmatched; Buddy Holly played here in 1958, high-quality entertainment offer for the city and auditorium is to present live performances of the the Beatles’ fi rst date on their fi rst ever tour took beyond. rock/pop type. place here and the Rolling Stones played the Site Context The planned architectural treatment of the venue three times over 1963 and 1964. exterior of the building makes the very most of The former Odeon occupies an island site in the what exists to signal the return of live events and The Vision city centre. The main frontages are on Godwin using modern displays where necessary to do so. Street and Thornton Road with the historic The vision of Bradford