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DESIGN GUIDE: MUSIC AND DRAMA CENTERS
JANUARY 1981
C H A P T E R 3: ENVIRONMENT
F I G U R E 3-9.4
ACCESS SYSTEMS-SCENERY
used by touring shows, rapid access for scene
bols. The ordinary creature comforts we expect
changes, and holding capacity (storage) es-
must also be furnished if the whole experience
pecially useful for fast-paced program turnover.
is not to be marred. Interestingly, human abilities
to distinguish and delight in subtle differences
of pitch, harmonics, color and brightness over
3-10. ENVIRONMENT
a broad natural spectrum do not extend to our
tolerance of temperature variations except after
lengthy periods of acclimation.
In terms of architecture and engineering, per-
Physical and psychological environmental fac-
formance activities generate extremes of envi-
tors are a part of the total performance experi-
ence. In a sense, Theater is the creation of special
ronmental control problems. Large numbers of
people occupy a confined seating area while per-
environments of light, images, sounds and sym-
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