Arup 'on song' at new concert hall

摘要

Arup has completed a new ￡8.2million music facility for the University of Kent, in collaboration with Tim Ronalds Architects. The Colyer-Fergusson Music Building is located on the Canterbury Campus and will provide first class music provision to students, staff and the local community, as well as musicians and arts organisations beyond Kent. The concert hall is designed to be a flexible space, incorporating retractable seating at both ends, so that it can accommodate any production, from a flat floor exhibition to a performance by an 80-piece orchestra and 200-strong choir. The building also contains two large and two small practice rooms, and an amplified band room, all of which are floating "box-in-box" spaces to provide significant sound insulation.