Brisbane Open House
Saturday, October 10, 2015
Hello again! It's been a really fruitful day for me today because I get to visit buildings that aren't usually open to public thanks to Brisbane Open House 2015!
"Brisbane Open House is a free event, providing residents and visitors with the rare opportunity to discover the hidden wealth of architecture, engineering and history in buildings and places around Brisbane city.
Held annually in conjunction with World Architecture Day, selected buildings are opened for the public with guided and self-guided tours to encourage them to explore, re-examine and engage with Brisbane's built environment - opening eyes and minds to good design and curious spaces."
- Brisbane Open House
I visited the Queensland Performing Arts Centre a.k.a QPAC, 612 ABC Brisbane (the Australian Broadcasting Corporation), and the Brisbane General Post Office (GPO).
Pic: backstage costumes at the Lyric Theatre, QPAC
This is the only picture I took at the QPAC because I was too immersed with the guided tour and the magnificent architecture and engineering of the 4 theatres! I cannot name you exactly the terms and architecture jargons they used but to make things short, everything is specifically and carefully designed for their own purposes to maximise the sustainability. Even the foams in the audiences' seats were designed specifically for acousticity with or without the audience sitting on them! We were brought backstage to have a look at the loading docks (one of the most efficient systems in the country!) and the mechanics behind each theatre. It's really amazing to learn the behind-the-scenes!
Pic: The QPAC, which houses the Lyric Theatre, Concert Hall, Cremorne Theatre and the Playhouse. Designed by Brisbane architect Robin Gibson in the mid 1970s. (Image Source: Google Images)
Pic: The Lyric Theatre, the largest venue for the QPAC, can hold up to 2,000 patrons (Image Source: Google Images)
Pic: The QPAC Concert Hall, the second largest venue for the QPAC, can hold up to 1,600 patrons. My first visit to the Concert Hall was in May this year for the UQ School of Music's Symphonic Dances from the West Side: Bernstein Meets Carl Orff. (Image Source: Google Images)
After the QPAC Tour, I went to 612 ABC Brisbane which is just next to the QPAC.
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Pic: the cameras are no longer rolling manually but controlled but the producer in the other room. so when the news goes live, there will be the news presenter alone in the set. how cool! Pic: Brisbane General Post Office (GPO), built in 1872 by contractor John Petrie and architect F.D.G. Stanley.
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