Longmire 201 Auditorium Renovation
Florida State University | Tallahassee, Florida
Our team was tasked with creating a new combination smart classroom and performance theatre for the FSU School of Music. The project included a renovation of a lecture hall on the second floor of the Longmire Building, originally constructed as a movie theatre in 1938. The challenge was incorporating the required modern classroom technologies, while preserving the historic features to enhance the overall space. The auditorium included existing splayed plaster accents around the large windows, wood detailing around the room entrances and the majestic wood ceiling beams. The design of the new wall also included marker boards, concealed behind salvaged wood sliding doors that were hidden in the existing walls. Back-lighting and custom stain provided for an elegant combination of new and existing elements. In addition, the entire room and attic space were modified to enhance the overall acoustic quality of the auditorium.
Owner
Florida State University
Florida State University
Cost
$703,000
$703,000
Size
2,200 SF
2,200 SF
Completion
2009
2009
The existing splayed plaster accents around the large windows, the wood detailing around the room entrances and the majestic wood ceiling beams provided a great starting point. The new wall stops short of the existing ceiling while maintaining the arc profile of the exposed wood beams at the ceiling. This design of the new wall also included marker boards, concealed behind salvaged wood sliding doors that were hidden in the existing walls. Back-lighting and custom stain provide for an elegant combination of new and existing elements. In addition, the entire room and attic space were modified to enhance the overall acoustic quality.
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