Tuesday, November 3, 2009

The Amphitheatre - constructed

With the Amphitheatre i am invisioning the base and steps/tracks to be constructed as a perminant instillation of concrete. the columns made from Steel CHS columns with two handles at waist high for ease of lifting and moving by two people, and the truss as lightweight steel connected to a rotating collar fixed to the tops of the columns as indicated here...
Here is an early sketch to work out how high and which direction the trusses were going to run over the stage...
Here are some images from the scale model at 1:50, constructed from laser cutting 3mm mdf, 3mm perspex and 2mm cardboard sheets. the columns were made from 3mm diametre steel rods, cut and grinded to size. the trusses are from the perspex laser cut and fixed using a flexible clear double sided tape...

The people are also laser cut from the same sheets to scale...

the holes in the steps are the placement spaces for the columns to sit into depending on the theatre's configuration.

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