Studio Three is a charismatic Grade II listed space within a former Methodist Church that is now part of The Milton Building, home to the University's Drama, Theatre & Performance department. It is a new area used for training students in lighting and sound on the University's new BA Honours degree course in technical theatre.
AC-ET was one of several companies invited to tender for the project by David Wainwright, senior technician and manager of resources for drama, theatre & performance, having previously supplied equipment to the University.
The Studio Three grid project was co-ordinated for A.C. Rigging by Adam Beaumont, and utilises over 90 custom sized pieces of Prolyte X30D triangular trussing.
The compact space measures around 10 by six metres and has an irregular shape in which every element of the walls and ceiling is different, presenting a major challenge for the grid design project.
AC-ET's brief was to design a strong, flexible and attractive looking free-standing trussing grid system to facilitate positions for the sound, lighting and AV equipment in the room. It needed to fit as tight to the outer dimensions of the space as possible.
(Jim Evans)
