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FOOTNOTES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. For 10 er developmen 5 in the ideo for a grid of podiums over
the entire theatre space, see the project by Werner Ruhnou
and Jacques Polieri for he D~sseldorf Municipal Thea re in
B~hnentechnische Rundschau, Heft 2 (1962). p.
13; and
George I zenour's "An Experimental Theatre," Perspectoj
the Yale Architectural Journal (1959), pp. 66-72.

1. Cobes, John Pa,,1. "An Investigation of the Possible Adaptaion of Common Pipe and Angle to Stage Setting," Moster of
Arts thesis, Ohio State University, 1961.

An interesting realization of this kind of square floor pottern
occurs in the recently opened' 'empty room" of the University

of Texas ~heatre complex. John Rothgeb has designed a
castered dolly fa render hydraulic pistons movable under the
floor grid, so 0 minimum complement of portable piston units
is necessary.
2. A. S. Gillette Stage Scenery (New York: 1959) pp. 130-35.
3. This point has recently been developed by severo I investigations in 0 stage uses for struc urol metals in tubular, angle
ond channel configurations. (See he bibliogrophy below).
4: Scene Design and Stage Lighting (New York: 1963), fig. 7-13b.
5. John Pa,,1 Cobes, "An Investigation of the Possible Adapta·
tion of Common Pipe and Angle to Stage Setting" (MA thesis,
Ohio State, 1961).
6. Of the systems
strength.to-weight
possible fittings,
configurations from

2. Hora, Pavel. "Praktikoblov~ Stavebnice,"
Modular Platform
System] Acto Scaenographica IV, No. 12 (1964) pp. 228-30.

3. Kranich, Friederich, B~'hnentechnik def Gegenwort
Berlin, 1929. Bond 1, Kap. 4 and 5.

2 vols.

4. Locklin, Dovid H. "Unistrut Theatre Architecture - A Use
Study," Moster of Fine Arts thesis, Yale University, 1957.
5.

Porker, Oren ond Horvey Smith. Scene
Lighting (New York: 1963), fig. 7·13b.

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6. Parola, Gene J. "Evalua ion of a Demountable, Disposoble
Modulor Stage Plotform," Mimeogroph text of a paper presented
at the AETA convention in Miami, Florida, August 1965.
7. Perottet, Hans Jochen. "Dexion, ein neues Material {~r die
Buhnentechnik," Buhnentechnische Rundschou Nr. 4 (1954),
p. 20.

investigated, Unistrut offered a higher
rotio, offered two 0 three times as many
and allowed a wider variety of channel
which to choose.

A Mechano-Optical Model for the Determination of
Seat Row Elevations
V. Kalintsev

printed originally in Arkhitektura SSSR, No.1 (1964),
pp. 47-48.

ABSTRACT: This paper offers a method for the
determination of elevation of the rows of seats in
theatres and other public bui Idings using a mechano·
optical model. I. R, CODE: (Architecture / sight
lines /model).

The principle of this model's construction IS the
replacement of an observed point on a stage, arena,
platform, etc. with a directed beam of light which
produces a sharply defined shadow. At the position of an observer in each row, a corresponding
plate is located, which can be moved up and down,
supported on a rod. These plates are placed ane
behind another perpendicu lar to the direction of the
light beam, and each casts a shadow, the size of
which can be controlled. Leaving the illuminated
portion of each plate equal to the necessary elevation of the line of sight, there is obtained on the
model an elevation curve of the audience seats in a
theatre.

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A wooden frame serves as the base of the mode I. It
carries an aluminum scale marked with all horizontal
parameters of the hall to be studied. This scale
supports sliding holders needed for fixing the rods
In their place on the scale and which can travel
along the scale being held in place by set screws.
The rods are graduated to permit reading of the
coordinates of each row of seats. The position of a
rod in the sliding holder is fixed by a set screw.

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General View of the model.

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