« Le Majestic » theatre and auditorium — Montereau-Fault-Yonne
A 708- to 1,300-seat hall with variable acoustics and multiple configurations.
Construction of a performance hall of 708 to 1,300 seats, with variable acoustics — plays, ballet, classical concerts, amplified contemporary music — and multiple configurations. Given the constraints of the site, one of the project's challenges was the obligation to produce a quality public space, a new centre of gravity. Conceived as a place of encounter and crossover between genres, the Théâtre-Auditorium has brought about an architecture that is emblematic and enhancing for the town.
The hall has stage infrastructure allowing various hall/stage configurations: 700 seats, 110 of them removable on a motorized proscenium, 300 on retractable stands and 290 on fixed balcony stands; 1,000 places including 700 standing for amplified music; or a large flat-floor multipurpose area of 630 m² when the retractable stands are folded and the proscenium is in the up position.
The stage is fitted with an accessible grid, a false grid with 22 motorized battens and a set of retractable acoustic reflectors beneath the grid. One level of walkways rings the stage and serves the plenum of the hall ceiling.
