University of Southern California CSS – Orchestra Rehearsal Room

First phase completed September 2011

Los Angeles, CA

Team

Dianna Wong Architecture + Interior Design, Design Architect; Los Angeles, CA
Lehrer Associates / Westlake Reed Leskosky, Architect of Record; Los Angeles, CA

Project Description

The Thornton School of Music At University of California is halfway to a new Rehearsal Room.
In fall 2010, the School took over the 1982 Harold Lloyd Sound Stage, and for nine months the orchestra and wind ensemble have done their best to rehearse in a dead, black void while Kirkegaard Associates worked with Design Architect Dianna Wong and Architect of Record Lehrer Architects / Westlake Reed Leskosky to design an elegant, top-quality rehearsal room within the sound stage shell.

New walls and adjustable acoustic curtains were installed over the summer of 2011, and the musicians love the transformation.

Summer 2012 will see the installation of acoustic clouds, a sprung wood floor, quiet new air conditioning, and an audio video system, also designed by Kirkegaard Associates.

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