St James Theatre Restoration - Auckland
Client: St James Suites
Project Description:
The St James Theatre is a heritage stage theatre and cinema located on Queen Street in Auckland, New Zealand. Built in 1928, it was a replacement for the older Fuller's Opera House and was originally designed for vaudeville acts. Its architect Henry Eli White also designed many other famous theatres in Australia and New Zealand including the St James Theatre in Wellington and the State Theatre in Sydney.[2] It has been closed since 2007 after a fire raised concerns about safety and compliance.[3]The building is classified as a "Category I" ("places of special or outstanding historical or cultural heritage significance or value") historic place by the New Zealand Historic Places TrustIn 2014, the theatre was purchased by Relianz Holdings who confirmed plans to restore the theatre and build apartments on the adjacent site by as early as 2018. (Source: Wikipedia)
Mr Gibbon (Relianz Holdings Development Manager) stated the theatre needs earthquake strengthening before any restoration can begin. “The strengthening work won’t begin until we have finished the demolition for the apartment project.”The three-level theatre will be opened one level at a time while it undergoes restoration. Mr Gibbon says the main aim is to find as much as the original fabric of the theatre and foyer as possible and reinstate it where it was initially built. (Source: NBR)
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CHIMNEY SCAN: Dunedin Gasworks Museum, New Zealand
NOVAMECH travelled to the Dunedin Gasworks Museum site to scan the heritage brick chimney. This was done so that we could produce a 3D model of the chimney and determine if any inclination that may be present at given heights. i.e. where any inclination started and of what magnitude. This is particularly important to the museum in the light of recent earthquake events.
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Theatre Royal-Christchurch,
Client: Naylor Love
Project Description: Laser Scan Survey of interior of damage to a historic theatre as a result of the Canterbury earthquake.
Deliverables: 3D point cloud data base for
conversion into “As Built Revit CAD model” by client. Used to capture existing structure prior to rebuild.
see: http://www.isaactheatreroyal.co.nz/our-history/2011-earthquake/
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