62-408 Theater Architecture I
6 units, Carnegie Mellon University
Discover the critical elements of theater architecture design, typology & occupancy through this course's four instructional streams; Lecture/work sessions presented and facilitated by practicing professionals and experts from within the schools Programming & planning a major theater, paralleling a real project. Interaction with professional design teams specializing on theater projects. Experience & evaluate performances and venue design of diverse theaters and other performance spaces. A diverse student cohort drawn from Architecture, Drama & Arts Management students will work with the actual client, the Festival d'Avignon, and Theater consultants Jean Guy Lecat & Len Auerbach to plan and program the project design challenge, which will be the subject of the co- requisite Architecture studio (48:405/505/750). Inter-disciplinary collaboration between the Architecture, Arts Management & Drama students on research, analysis and design exercises is emphasized, with in-class work sessions and brief sketch problems, individual and group work. Subject areas will include a full range of topics that are integral to the creation, support and occupancy of a performance, including; Theater design from classical Greek through Elizabethan theater to contemporary state-of-the-art multi-media performance. Theater occupancy, programming & planning Theater systems; lighting, sound, rigging, etc. Performance/spatial interaction & critical evaluation Site-specific design opportunities & challenges
Prerequisites: none listed
Offered: Spring 2027, Spring 2026
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