
ABC Symphony Orchestra
Performance Spaces

ABC Symphony Orchestra
Performance Spaces

ABC Symphony Orchestra
Performance Spaces

ABC Symphony Orchestra
Performance Spaces
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

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