Theatre — Vénissieux
Technical advice to the client for the safety upgrade and renovation of the stage house.
Housed in the Maison du Peuple, a 1934 modernist building, the Vénissieux theatre — run by La Machinerie, a nationally accredited venue — seats 500. Working conditions on the proscenium walkway, too low to stand up in, led the city to undertake the safety upgrade of the stage house.
As the client’s technical adviser, Scenarchie is carrying out the survey of the existing building and the feasibility study, and will then support the city through to tendering and site supervision.
The options under study cover replacing the walkway with a motorised system, levelling the raked stage floor, reworking the walkways and modernising the counterweight machinery, in line with the NF EN 17206 standard.
