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Sound Space Vision unveils new and completed projects

Theatre planners and acousticians Sound Space Vision (SSV) unveils its finished projects and reveals future plans for a variety of spaces in around the world. SSV’s newly completed projects include one of several buildings for Hong Kong’s extensive West Kowloon Cultural District (WKCD), the Xiqu Centre, which serves as the gateway to the district and is dedicated to the performance of Chinese Opera (Xiqu).

SSV was responsible for the acoustics and audio systems in all of the Centre’s spaces, including both natural and amplified performances in the 1073-seat Grand Theatre, and the 150-200-seat Tea House space for smaller-scale Xiqu performances; the Seminar Hall, large and small rehearsal facilities; a recording/broadcast suite; and all of the retail/food and beverage areas inside the Centre’s public ground-level Atrium. The Xiqu Centre’s grand opening was on January 20, 2019.

SSV also acquired the theatre planning position for Valetta’s Teatru Manoel. As Europe’s oldest working theatre, the Manoel has been renovated and refurbished many times over its almost 300-year history, with SSV providing expert theatre planning consultation for its most recent adjustments to coincide with Valetta’s European City of Culture events and its International Baroque Festival.

SSV was asked to improve and enhance the stalls-level sightlines, and collaborate with the architects to create a new stalls form and configuration. SSV designed bespoke seats. The floor was re-raked for better visibility to the historic stage, and new specialised seats were designed to allow for both flexibility as well as design coordination.

In addition to that, SSV was also brought on board by Spiritland to assist with the refurbishment and fit-out of its new restaurant located within the Royal Festival Hall in London’s Southbank Centre. Described as a “dining room of sonic architecture,” Spiritland Royal Festival Hall tasked SSV with specifying and recommending finishes, materials, enhancements and corrections sympathetic with the company’s ethos and design.

These included sound absorbing curtains and an array of ceiling-hung baffles, sound absorbing spray applied across the restaurant’s ceiling, perforated timber panelling, and ceiling tiles and wall panels incorporated in the kitchen.

One of SSV’s latest projects is a new Creative Centre - including a three-storey teaching block and 250-seat auditorium, linked by an atrium - at York St John University. The development’s aim is to help the university’s ambitious growth in art and design, computer science, performance and media production. SSV will consult on the planning for the auditorium and teaching spaces and serve as the acoustics consultant for the entire block. The new 4,000 square-metre centre is due to be completed in spring 2021, subject to planning approval.

Also in 2019, SSV will assist Adjaye Associates as theatre planning and acoustics consultant for Sir David’s National Cathedral of Ghana in Accra. Situated within 14 acres of landscaped gardens the cathedral will serve all the Christian denominations and major public functions. SSV will provide guidance and consultation on the planning, design and acoustics for the Cathedral’s interior spaces, including the 5000-seat, two-level auditorium.

In 2018, SSV completed four major new UK venues: Storey’s Field Centre, the Stirling Award-shortlisted community centre in Cambridge; the Benjamin West Lecture Theatre as part of the Royal Academy of Arts 250th anniversary transformation; the revitalised Garden Quad Auditorium for St. John’s College at Oxford University; and the UK’s newest opera house for Nevill Holt Opera in Leicestershire.

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