ESTY auditorium — Chavanod
A 157-seat performance hall adjoining the new town hall.
A Savoy commune of Grand Annecy, Chavanod decided to add to the construction of its new town hall an auditorium named "L'Esty". It has 157 seats laid out on semicircular stands, together with 5 wheelchair spaces, a stage fitted with a large 6 × 8 screen, a sound and lighting control position and dressing rooms for performers.
The stage floor is made of boards on joists designed for a working load of 500 kg/m². Not raised, it is level with the first row of seats: every sightline drops to the stage without obstruction. The timber floor and panelling produce a hushed, intimate atmosphere.
The false grid brings together 4 sections aligned downstage-upstage at 3.00 m centres, calculated to take motorized battens at a later date. The equipment constitutes a simple, traditional stage engineering tool: fixed and direct-drive motorized battens, stage lighting, sound reinforcement, video projection onto a motorized screen 6.00 m wide, motorized front curtain, borders and legs.
