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 Floor Plan and Two Views of the Remodeled Auditorium
Additions & Remodelings to Horace Mann Middle School
The auditorium was a 1940's structure
with a seating capacity of approximately 400. Although the room was
not air-conditioned, it had fans for ventilation. In our design we
removed the fans and used that space for the new A/C system. We
created a really beautiful ceiling with the ducts running inside a
series of soffits which created a coffered ceiling. Then, the flat
areas between the coffers had downlighting. The ceiling area above the
stage was tilted to make for better acoustics. Acoustical panels were
put on the side and back walls to absorb the sound and deaden
reverberation. A handicap lift was worked into the design with the
least obstrusiveness possible, but at the same time allowed the
handicapped students to go up on the stage. The administration
was particularly complimentary to United Architects for the work they
had done in the design of the school auditorium.
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