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Sustainable Theatre Competition Winner Presentations at WSD2013

August 15, 2013CSPA Convergence, WSDArchitect, Cardboard Boxes, Columbus Ohio Usa, Competition Winner, Countries, Design Brief, Disciplines, Environmental Sustainability, Fronds, Hay Bales, Interior Walls, Lai, Outlay, Packing Crates, Presentations, Scaffolding, Senior Lecturer, Showcase, Stage Design, Sun, Technical Director, Theatre Competition, Usable Material, Willow, Winning Design, Winning Designs, World Stage

Sun 8 Sept 16.30 – 18.00

The Willow Theatre

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The Sustainable Theatre competition winner will showcase their winning designs.

World Stage Design 2013 opened up a unique opportunity to design a temporal alternative sustainable theatre. The competition was open to professionals and emerging practitioners from across all related disciplines and received over 100 entries from 26 countries.

The Willow Theatre, designed by architect TimÂ LaiÂ and theatre designer Brad Steinmetz, both of Columbus, Ohio, USA was voted as the winning design and has been built for the event.

Ian Evans, WSD2013â€™s technical director and a senior lecturer at RWCMD, said: â€œThe design brief was a tough one. We asked for a venue that was eco-conscious, could seat up to 150 people, host a variety of events and be self-built, all for an outlay of less than Â£20,000. Yet the response has been magnificent, many using highly original approaches and suggesting a wide variety of materials, including hay bales, cardboard boxes and packing crates. The entry from Brad and Tim was everyoneâ€™s favourite, though, because as well as meeting the technical brief, it is going to look and feel very interesting â€“ an innovative blueprint that can be copied for other settings.â€

The buildingâ€™s strength will come from hired and returnable industrial scaffolding while the decorative fronds and interior walls will be made from UK-produced horticultural fleece, a re-usable material which can also be recycled to make more of the same fabric.

Internal fittings, including the floor and wooden seating will also be re-usable, recyclable and/or reclaimed and the roof will be retractable to take advantage of natural light and ventilation.

Volunteers will build the temporary venue in time for a full programmeÂ of events which will see a series of talks, workshops, debates and shows exploring environmental sustainability and the arts.Â The programmeÂ is titledÂ People, Profit, PlanetÂ and you can read about it in fullÂ here.

You can follow the build of the theatre with the live webcamÂ here.

Pop-Up Repair and theatre artists

April 15, 2013AnnouncementsColleagues, Consumer Goods, Experimental Project, Goldmark, Inwood Theater, Launch, Northern Manhattan, Pop Artists, Pop Up, Recent Article, Running, Sandra, Sustainability Project, Technical Director, Theatre Artists

Set designer Sandra Goldmark is starting up a new sustainability project with her husband, Michael Banta, a production manager and technical director, along with several theatre colleagues. TheyÂ are opening a 4 week Pop-Up Repair shop in northern Manhattan, this June.Â The shop is a challenge to the cycle of use-and-discard consumer goods, and will be staffed by theatre artists. This experimental project is asking the question:Â can we as theatre artists create social change, not only with the theatre that we make, but with the way we make theatre – by hand.

Here is a link to a recent article published onÂ DNAinfo.com:
http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20130410/inwood/theater-couple-hopes-launch-pop-up-repair-shop-inwood

They are running an indiegogo campaign to get it started (not unlike the one we’ve shown you in Los Angeles). You can back their work Â here:

http://igg.me/at/PopUpRepair/x/118822

Barbizon Lighting Company’s New Light Initiative

December 2, 2011Announcements, LDIBusiness Model, Educational Materials, Efficient Solutions, Energy Consumption, Existing System, Facets, Factual Information, Lighting Company, Lighting Industry, Lighting System, Lighting Systems, Operational Efforts, Overwhelming Task, Resnick, Staff Technician, Sustainability Plan, Sustainable Practices, Tailor, Technical Director, Television Studios

Barbizon Lighting Company has rolled out a new program called New LightÂ Initiative. The “NLI” team is working within our organization to implementÂ sustainable practices into all facets of BarbizonÂ¹s operations. We areÂ also developing educational materials to be used both internally toÂ promote sustainable practices within Barbizon and externally to educateÂ our customers and the industry.

The lighting systems in theatres, television studios, and even in housesÂ of worship are among the least energy-efficient parts of those buildings.Â Cutting energy consumption, whether in a new building or throughout anÂ existing system, can be an overwhelming task for a facilities manager,Â technical director, or staff technician to undertake on their own. That isÂ why many in the industry rely on BarbizonÂ¹s expertise to help them createÂ a sustainability plan that is tailor-made for a specific facilityÂ¹s needsÂ and usage.

Barbizon has over 60 years experience in the lighting industry and ourÂ staff, including a full-time LEED-accredited professional,Â understand the technology and benefits of the wealth of products availableÂ as well as the application challenges of a lighting system.Â Barbizon is uniquely positioned to provide you with the energy efficientÂ solutions for the entire lighting system meeting your technological andÂ design requirements.

“Barbizon’s commitment to sustainable practices encompasses our ownÂ operational efforts as well as encouraging sustainability in our industryÂ through research and education. Barbizon’s business model has always beenÂ about providing our customers with access to products and information fromÂ which they can make choices.” Jonathan Resnick, President – BarbizonÂ Lighting Company

“Sustainability in any form is most successful as a choice. Our New LightÂ Initiative has been created to ensure that people have the factualÂ information needed to make good choices in sustainability.” SteveÂ Cullipher, Barbizon Florida Systems Manager, LEED AP

Barbizon New Light Initiative PDF