A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
A theatre comprises a seating area 120 for an audience, a circular support structure 134 surrounding the seating area and mounted above the seating area and a plurality of arcuate screens 135 suspended from the circular support structure. The screens are mounted to the circular support structure 134 on rails for allowing movement of the screens about the seating area. A drive loop may be provided about the circular support for engaging at least one of the screens to move it about the seating area on the rails. The drive loop may frictionally engage the screen, be a wire loop or endless loop. The drive loop may pass along a vertical support of the circular support structure with a motor being at an end of the vertical support remote from the circular support structure. An emergency controller may locate move the screens to emergency positions about the seating area. The circular support structure may be supported on vertical supports around its circumference. The screens may be polymer foam laminated with a metal like aluminium. The seating area may be rotate about a central bearing and be supported at its periphery by bogies, each bogie having at least one driven wheel for driving rotation of the seating area.
A theatre comprises a seating area 120 for an audience, a circular support structure 134 surrounding the seating area and mounted above the seating area and a plurality of arcuate screens 135 suspended from the circular support structure. The screens are mounted to the circular support structure 134 on rails for allowing movement of the screens about the seating area. A drive loop may be provided about the circular support for engaging at least one of the screens to move it about the seating area on the rails. The drive loop may frictionally engage the screen, be a wire loop or endless loop. The drive loop may pass along a vertical support of the circular support structure with a motor being at an end of the vertical support remote from the circular support structure. An emergency controller may locate move the screens to emergency positions about the seating area. The circular support structure may be supported on vertical supports around its circumference. The screens may be polymer foam laminated with a metal like aluminium. The seating area may be rotate about a central bearing and be supported at its periphery by bogies, each bogie having at least one driven wheel for driving rotation of the seating area.
Theatre construction
EVERT LYKLE HEMMINGA (author)
2020-11-11
Patent
Electronic Resource
English