Coca-Cola Stage At Alliance Theatre | Trahan Architects
Coca-Cola Stage At Alliance Theatre
The Alliance Theatre, founded in 1968, is a Tony award-winning regional theatre located within the celebrated Woodruff Arts Center campus. The initial phase of work focused on the chamber, its lobby and artistic support facilities which were gutted to the original concrete enclosing walls.
The transformation pulled the 650 seat chamber 10? closer to stage. The planning of the chamber optimized site lines, utilized ramping in lieu of lifts and integrated stairs to provide access to all levels. Each surface was tuned acoustically to deliver world class theatre to its patrons.
Photography by © James Babin
The design team felt a responsibility to remove the separation between balcony and orchestra ? challenging historic notions of segregation and discrimination. All seating zones can be accessed from every entrance within the chamber ? a unifying planning feature of the Alliance Theatre Transformation. The Firm assembled a world class team to implement handcrafted steam bending techniques and artistry on an architectural scale. From concept to construction the project demonstrates innovation through collaboration between Artist, Architect, & Fabricator.
The result is a series of beautiful steam bent millwork guardrails and balconies that merge hand craft with mass production. The synthesis of acoustic performance, hand driven artistry, and sophisticated laser positioning are all carefully choregraphed to execute the complex steam bent mi...
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