Garsington Opera Pavilion Stokenchurch, High Wycombe Architecture Images, Wormsley Estate, Architect
Garsington Opera Pavilion : High Wycombe Building
Wormsley Estate Building, south east England design by Snell Associates, UK
30 Jun 2012
Design: Snell Associates
RIBA Awards 2012 Citation:
Garsington Opera Pavilion
photograph : Dennis Gilbert
Garsington Opera Pavilion, High Wycombe
In the great English tradition of distrust of the new followed by rapid assimilation into permanency and subsequent listing, Garsington’s design concept is driven by the need for it to be a completely demountable ‘temporary’ structure.
photo : Dennis Gilbert
Although it is supposed to be taken down every autumn, the landowner likes it so much he already suggested leaving it in place after the first season.
photo : Mike Hoban
Nonetheless, it is entirely designed out of transportable elements which require one cherry picker to lift into place in a short space of time. 5-part galvanised steel truss components bolt together to form the 20 metre clear roof spans over the auditorium.
photo : Marcus Dawes
Transparent sail fabric and timber panels form the enclosure. The ‘foyer’ is open to the adjoining lake with timber and steel scaffolding stairs leading to the upper parts of the 600 seat auditorium.
photo : Richard Davies
RIBA Awards winner, 2012
Garsington Opera Pavilion – Building Information
Location: Wormsley Estate, Stokenchurch
Architect: Robin Snell Associates
Client: Garsington Opera
Structural Engineer: Momentum
Services Engineer: Buro Happold
Acoustics: Sound Space Design
Theatre Consultant: Iain Mackintosh
Contractor: Unusual Rigging
Contract Value: £1.8 million
Date of completion: May 2011
Gross internal area: 20,655 sqm
Wormsley Estate Building design by Snell Associates, High Wycombe, images / information from RIBA
Location: Wormsley Estate, Stokenchurch, Buckinghamshire, south east England, UK
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