La Ferme du Buisson theatre — Noisiel
Refurbishment of the stage machinery and of the theatre’s control system.
At Noisiel, a former farm houses a cluster of cultural spaces bringing together a national stage, cinema screens and a contemporary art centre. The theatre, opened in 1990, seats 620 and occupies a former hall whose façades, steel frame and roof are listed, and whose machinery is installed beneath the slopes of a low roof: the project's major constraint. The machinery is mixed, made up of motorized battens and counterweighted battens.
With the original control system out of service, the conurbation authority undertook the complete renovation of the stage machinery and its control. The works cover 46 new motorized battens, an 18 m three-dimensional beam dedicated to sound reinforcement and the overhaul of the counterweighted battens that were retained, all compliant with standard NF EN 17206. The movable bridge, no longer needed, is converted into a fixed electricians' walkway topped by a false grid.
Scenarchie is acting as scenography project manager for this operation. The whole design was governed by a single requirement: to add no extra load to the listed frame, and to fit within four months of the off-season.
