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for a suitable site, as it meant it needed to span at least 65 acres.
The project comprises a one million ft2 studio facility with 18 fully soundproofed and climate controlled soundstages, varying in size from 17,000 to 43,000 ft2. These all have fl exible layouts and state of the art equipment to ensure they meet the needs of modern production standards. There are also 38 multifunctional workshops to accommodate various production requirements, and a studio cafe and canteen offer social spaces for the production teams working onsite. Finally, there’s a nine acre fi lming backlot, and 130,000 ft2 of ‘contemporary’ offi ce space. As well as the necessary practical elements in terms of space and facilities, fl exibility was also a key part of the brief. Not only did all of the studio and workshop spaces need to be fl exible to meet the varying needs of the productions that would be utilising them, but the facility as a whole needed to be ready to change and adapt as the media industry and
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technology evolves. “We worked hard with the client to challenge preconceived ideas of how a studio operates and how it should be designed so that we could set a new standard of studios which can effectively fl ex to future needs and as the media industry continues to change over time,” says Lebidineuse. “We developed a brief for fl exible studios fully geared to meet sustainability objectives with the ability to adapt to the changing requirements of each production.”
The design development was, overall, a team effort, he explains, with the resulting design deriving from good collaboration between the practice and client. “It was a highly collaborative process, working closely with the client and alongside a range of industry experts with experience of designing and delivering large and complex masterplans to ensure the best outcome,” Lebidineuse says.
Throughout the process the key design drivers were at the “forefront of everyone’s minds.” As well as the need for fl exible and
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The brief was to create a complex that would be large enough to accommodate up to three large-scale productions at any one time
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