Gig Venue

I'v been thinking if I'm going to convert the globe theater into a live music venue what important elements i'm going to have to add to the structure, heres the list:

lighting rig( how will this fit to the stage and structure?)

Audio equipment (pa system, floor monitors etc)

Audio Mixing (where will the sound booth be?)

type of roofing needed to be added ( if it rains gigs will suck in an open top arena and thats more than likely in London)

i'm going to have to redesign the stage for security purposes a little

and most importantly where to place the bar (every venue has one, theres no getting round it)

Decision

As i wanted to try and convert one of the structures into a modern day music venue i thought the best to do this would be the globe theater, having been burnt down several times over the original plans are hard to come by, but i have found some plans and measurements of the current standing globe theater on the south-bank of London

This also got me thinking, what other famous venues are a circular shape? one of the most famous venues in the world Madison Square Garden. Now i know its not just used for music, but it is the same basic shape as the globe and i could defiantly draw some ideas from this structure

a second famous circular structure is the Roundhouse in Camden, a much closer scale to the globe theater and a similar two floor structure.

I will be heading into London this week to take some reference images of the Globe theater and hopefully get a good idea of how it was built.

Starting up

Just thought i'd get my blog up and running for my Arch vis uni assignment. I have been asked to accurately model a choice of four buildings and modernise the structure. The four choices are; Tower Bridge, The Globe Theater, The British Museum and St Albans Cathedral.