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Kevin Matthews
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salzberg
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As a theatre lighting designer (and former theater manager), I concur with the points made in the article and I'd add one more:
Go back and see how well the design is working. I don't mean just the opening night gala, but after the building's been in use for 6 months and/or a year. Don't just talk to management; talk to the designers and technicians who use the space. Find out what works and, more important, what doesn't.
I've had many architects tell me, "I know what I'm doing; I've built hundreds of theaters." In too many cases, they've built hundreds of bad theaters (from the point-of-view of functionality), because they've repeated the same mistakes.
It's not my intention to get into a debate on architectural philosophy (a debate in which I'm not qualified to participate), but if ever there's a type of building in which form must follow function, it's a theater -- because, otherwise, it can't function.
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