The park itself should function as a free public open space and contain infrastructure/set design/landscaping to support performances. Each designer was to choose the identity of the actor and the inaugural Shakespeare play to be performed there. Students were encouraged to challenge the restrictions in the project brief, as shown below:
A space to sell tickets. As with all architectural briefs, it was incomplete, allowing the designer to develop it and infuse it with their own interests and imagination. Students were encouraged to question their assumptions and open up the possibilities of the project as widely as possible. Sketchbooks were used to record early observations, data and many different first ideas. A space to shelter the audience in wet weather performances. In week one the students were given a brief to design an outdoor theatre and actor’s residence for a local theatre company in a public park. Park Etiquette: Three ‘a-breast’
Clients, users and brief Site, context and place
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