Project overview

Norwich University of the Arts, NUA

Location: Norwich, UK

Norwich University of the Arts is an award-winning campus that combines historic buildings with modern and innovative ones.

The newest building at Duke Street Riverside is a flagship centre for NUA that requires the theatre to be designed as a lecture theatre, a multi-functional space to be used by the various user groups. During development, we explored how best to accommodate the multiple requirements that needed to be met whilst working within a tight budget.

Solution

A retractable seating unit designed to be fully extended to accommodate 338 for lectures, with double rows of seats, retracting back half of the seats, leaving one row per level, to accommodate 177 people and fully retracted to open the auditorium space for rehearsals, filming, and events.