Renewed Memorial Hall at Marlborough College Commemorates Centenary of end of World War One
The refurbishment of an iconic building on the campus of Marlborough College in the UK is being recognized on the centenary of the end of the First World War, and for which Memorial Hall was created. Diamond Schmitt Architects and Ayre Chamberlain Gaunt have re-established the building?s original purpose as a theatre and memorial while preserving its character and unique ambience.
The 600-seat heritage-listed structure opened in 1925 and has staged spoken word, music and plays by generations of Marlburians. It is also a place of sombre reflection that commemorates the 749 members of the Marlborough community lost in the Great War and whose names are engraved in stone around the perimeter of the hall.
Commemorating those lost in WW1, 749 names carved in stone line the curved ambulatory along the perimeter of Memorial Hall at Marlborough College. Photo: Andy Matthews ?It was important that the modernisation of Memorial Hall remain true to the original architecture,? said Matthew Lella, Principal, Diamond Schmitt Architects. ?Where possible, original elements were restored and there is a clear distinction between heritage features and contemporary interventions,? added Dominic Gaunt, Director, Ayre Chamberlain Gaunt.
The auditorium is an enclosed classical amphitheatre, a perfect semi-circle with a thrust stage at its centre. The intimacy of the room was compromised by poor acoustics that rendered parts of the stage unusable due to echo and reverberation. A proscenium that was...
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