SEATTLE CHILDREN’S THEATRE — ORA
A public interior precedent by ORA showcasing a slatted timber feature stair and multi-story bridge that orchestrate vertical circulation in a children's theatre.
- What we like about this project
- Colorful circular graphics affixed directly to the timber stair screen bridge scales and whimsical wayfinding.
Materials
- timber
- carpet
- glass
- painted-metal
- drywall
Visual identifiers
- timber-slat-staircase
- double-height-lobby
- patterned-carpet
- bridge-connection
Style tags
- contemporary
- civic
- playful
Visual tags
- atrium
- public-space
- circulation
- playful
- institutional
- Geometry
- Double-height circulation hall organized around a central slatted timber grand staircase and overhead bridge connection.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame with composite floor slabs
- Spatial scale
- Multi-story public scale designed for large groups of children and adults.
- Lighting
- Ample diffuse daylight enters through a large multi-story storefront glazing system in the background.
- Atmosphere
- Bright, energetic, and welcoming with playful graphic circles and warm wood elements.
- Environmental context
- Interior institutional or children's theatre public lobby with exterior views visible through glass doors.
- Spatial experience
- Dynamic, highly active public atrium where movement across stairs, bridge, and patterned carpet animates the volume.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical wood slats on the stair guardrail establish a strong rhythmic screen against the dark stair treads.
- Style reading
- Playful contemporary civic interior
- Program
- Children's theatre lobby and circulation atrium
- Perspective
- Interior Spatial
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- timber, carpet, glass, painted-metal, drywall
- Visual identifiers
- timber-slat-staircase, double-height-lobby, patterned-carpet, bridge-connection
- Style tags
- contemporary, civic, playful
- Visual tags
- atrium, public-space, circulation, playful, institutional
- Geometry
- Double-height circulation hall organized around a central slatted timber grand staircase and overhead bridge connection.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame with composite floor slabs
- Spatial scale
- Multi-story public scale designed for large groups of children and adults.
- Lighting
- Ample diffuse daylight enters through a large multi-story storefront glazing system in the background.
- Atmosphere
- Bright, energetic, and welcoming with playful graphic circles and warm wood elements.
- Environmental context
- Interior institutional or children's theatre public lobby with exterior views visible through glass doors.
- Spatial experience
- Dynamic, highly active public atrium where movement across stairs, bridge, and patterned carpet animates the volume.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical wood slats on the stair guardrail establish a strong rhythmic screen against the dark stair treads.
- Style reading
- Playful contemporary civic interior
- Program
- Children's theatre lobby and circulation atrium
- Perspective
- Interior Spatial
- Discipline
- architecture