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    Ranga Shankara is a 300-seat theater in Bangalore with a unique revolving stage, designed to realize actor and director Shankar Nag's dream of creating a unifying language for sensitive artistic experiences. The building was designed to give a sense of exploration and discovery, with the idea of a structure that people want to relate to. It includes a 165 square meter thrust stage, green rooms, and state-of-the-art technical facilities, with the auditorium arranged to make artificial amplification unnecessary. The theater aims to be a fearless, adventurous, and prejudice-free platform for community cultural life and developing new talent.

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    Ranga Shankara is a 300-seat theater in Bangalore with a unique revolving stage, designed to realize actor and director Shankar Nag's dream of creating a unifying language for sensitive artistic experiences. The building was designed to give a sense of exploration and discovery, with the idea of a structure that people want to relate to. It includes a 165 square meter thrust stage, green rooms, and state-of-the-art technical facilities, with the auditorium arranged to make artificial amplification unnecessary. The theater aims to be a fearless, adventurous, and prejudice-free platform for community cultural life and developing new talent.

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    Ranga Shankara is a 300-seat theater in Bangalore with a unique revolving stage, designed to realize actor and director Shankar Nag's dream of creating a unifying language for sensitive artistic experiences. The building was designed to give a sense of exploration and discovery, with the idea of a structure that people want to relate to. It includes a 165 square meter thrust stage, green rooms, and state-of-the-art technical facilities, with the auditorium arranged to make artificial amplification unnecessary. The theater aims to be a fearless, adventurous, and prejudice-free platform for community cultural life and developing new talent.

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    Rang A Shankara

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    Ranga Shankara is a 300-seat theater in Bangalore with a unique revolving stage, designed to realize actor and director Shankar Nag's dream of creating a unifying language for sensitive artistic experiences. The building was designed to give a sense of exploration and discovery, with the idea of a structure that people want to relate to. It includes a 165 square meter thrust stage, green rooms, and state-of-the-art technical facilities, with the auditorium arranged to make artificial amplification unnecessary. The theater aims to be a fearless, adventurous, and prejudice-free platform for community cultural life and developing new talent.

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    ABOUT:

    Ranga Shankara" a unique 300 seater theatre space in Bangalore with a thrust and
    revolving stage, the first of its kind in south India designed to nourish the dream of
    Shankar Nag in creating a unifying language, a forum for creating sensitive experience. It
    is a platform for contemporary theatre - a frame. The idea was to create a language that
    gives a sense of exploration & discovery as you move around the building. The idea was a
    building that man wants to relate to.

    RANGA SHANKARA, BANGALORE
    Client: Sanket Trust
    Architect: Mistry Architects
    Built up area: 1, 120 sq.m
    Year of completion: 2004
    Contractor:
    Civil: Shakti constructions
    Civil enginner: Sterling engineering
    Acoustic: sound design
    ACTIVITY:
    Auditorim for
    Performing arts


    HE SAW THEATRE AS A LANGUAGE CAPABLE OF EXPRESSING INNER MOST EMOTIONS,AN ART FORM
    UNIFYING IN ITSELF.HE DREAMT OF A PLATFORM AT ONCEFEARLESS,ADVENTUROUS AND FREE OF
    PREJUDICE WHICH COULD BECOME THE CULTURAL LIFE OF COMMUNITY AND EMPOWER FRESH TALENT
    TO FULFILL ITS CREATIVE POTENTIAL.
    Display area for exbits
    Library
    Small studios
    for learning
    classes
    cafeteria
    Analysis
    The auditorium has a thrust stage with
    a floor area of 165 sq.m.,
    with four green rooms
    and the very best of sound, lighting,
    and technical facilities.
    The auditorium is air conditioned
    seats 320. Our thrust stage is the first and the
    only one of its kind in Bangalore.
    The stage and the auditorium
    arrange the acoustics in a way that
    artificial amplification becomes
    unnecessary.
    sound Reflectors
    Panels on the roof
    that help reflect the
    sound coming from
    the stage towards
    the audience
    wall material
    Brick facing that
    avoids any sort of
    echo from
    escaping acting as
    a good sound
    absorbent.
    The stage is wooden
    another good acoustic
    material with positive
    sound qualities enabling
    better hearing conditions
    with in the auditorium.
    numerical data for the auditorium
    Stage area = 1750 sq ft
    Seating area=4605 sq ft
    Foyer = 20% of Seating Area
    Lobby=10% of seating area
    Area of stage = 40% of Seating Area
    This is what is recommended by the IS code
    and satisfied by the auditorium of
    Rangashankara.
    Viewing Angles
    Of stage from front row 0 degrees
    Of stage from back row 36 degrees

    the seats have soft brown
    cushioning that again act
    as sound absorbent
    materials.
    GROUNDFLOOR
    PLAMN
    FIRST FLOOR
    PLAN
    SECOND
    FLOOR PLAN
    SECTION

    AUDITORIUM
    OFFICE
    COMMON SPACE
    GALLERY
    CAFETERIA
    STUDIO
    LIBRARY
    ALLIANCE FRANCHISE:

    Situated in a green retreat in the heart of Bangalore, l
    Alliance franaise welcomes more than 3500 students every
    year.
    this is aunique centre for exciting exchange and encounter,
    this distinct place of artistic creation and promotion, a
    veritable bridge between French, francophone and Indian
    cultures

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