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KIRK ABC Headquarters - South Brisbane Queensland - Commercial Architecture Building - Symphony Orchestra Performance Space - Auditorium View

ABC Symphony Orchestra

Performance Spaces

KIRK ABC Headquarters - South Brisbane Queensland - Commercial Architecture Building - Media Production Studio

ABC Symphony Orchestra

Performance Spaces

KIRK ABC Headquarters - South Brisbane Queensland - Commercial Architecture Building - TV & Radio production studio

ABC Symphony Orchestra

Performance Spaces

KIRK ABC Headquarters - South Brisbane Queensland - Commercial Architecture Building - Symphony Orchestra Performance Space - Rehearsal Space

ABC Symphony Orchestra

Performance Spaces

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ABC Symphony Orchestra

South Bank, Brisbane The purpose-built, 600m² Media Production Studio (MPS) functions uniquely as a rehearsal space for the Queensland Symphony Orchestra (QSO) and as a TV & Radio production studio for the ABC.

Client
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Area
600m²

Traditional Custodians of the land
The Turrbal and Jagera people

Status
Complete

Fine-tuned

Virtual acoustic modelling resulted in the design of operable acoustic panelling (absorbers, and reflective and diffusing elements), fine-tuned by KIRK and acoustic engineer ARUP in an iterative process. Numerous design modes manipulate operable elements and allow the MPS to cater for a diverse range of orchestral music, as well as radio and television production.

Richard Kirk has concentrated a pronounced expression of the ABC's function and purpose in an emblematic crescendo of form and space...

Michael Keniger
Architecture Australia May/June 2013

Team
Acoustic Consultants Arup
Contractor Leighton
Photographer Christopher Frederick Jones & Scott Burrows

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