The Pavilion Plans Part 5 – Theatre Entrance 2nd Floor

This is the fifth in my series of articles about the plans for the Pavilion. It talks about the top floor and the Dome.Few people will have seen this floor as it was mostly offices, store rooms and a workshop. The public did not often get up there! The Theatre starts to dominate my story. Part 7 will be all about the Theatre, but the reader needs to know that the entrance to the Theatre will be from this floor: • We needed to have a light and audio Control Room. • We needed to have a exits from the Theatre. • The Disabled Lift terminates here. • We needed provision for a disabled toilet. • The corridors have to be “fire proof” to meet the regulations. As the feature staircase (discussed in post four) arrives on the 2nd floor, the corridor splits and goes either side of the Control Room. The Control Room will have all the audio and light controls for both Theatre and Music Venue and, with a hole in the back wall of the ballroom, people in the Control Room will be able to see the whole stage area. It will be raised a bit above the seating in front, hence the steps up. As to the corridors, the right hand one (upper in the picture) goes straight to the entrance to the Theatre, past a small storage room or office. The left hand corridor will go past the atrium and the top of the disabled lift. Here will be a secure disabled safety area in case of fire. The corridor then passes another office and the disabled toilet, before entering the Theatre. The dome room will not be touched at the moment, as this will cost more and we will have limited funds. It will be used however; as we hope we have found someone to rent it from us. When exiting the building, in the event of fire, the right hand staircase, the upper on in the plan above will be the secure fireproof staircase. This directly connects to the feature staircase to the second floor. Gregor