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JESSE H. JONES HALL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS : PROPOSAL

November 5, 2010

CORE Design Studio © 2010



Observations

Less expansive in size and materiality from the levels above, this corridor, withoccasional benches, is brimming with activity during intermission with audiences

using the adjoining restrooms. Lines form, moving slowly into a smaller and

more conned environment with little of the architectural wonder that is present

above. During the day, employees and companies using the hall to rehearse and

perform, stream through. This space is a rich opportunity for art and design,

which includes a more complex and layered narrative.

Proposal Concept a: A TIMELINE OF JONES HALL

Using content provided by Houston Endowment, the Houston Symphony, Society

for Performing Arts and previous occupants/performers, we have created a

loose historical timeline that tells the story from the early site location, to City

Auditorium, to the inception of Jones Hall, the design and ground-breaking, past

performances, and notable highlights throughout it’s rich history. Following a

structure to similar sheet music, ush mounted brass square tubing runs the

full length of the wall and is punctuated by a series of aluminum-faced backlit

images with accompanying caption texts. These illuminated frames make a visualreference to musical notes with sides that are clad in laminated teak. Smaller

hexagon brass notes follow the brass rail and are inscribed with rst-hand stories

of important performances, whimsical anecdotes and milestones in Jones Hall’s

history. The beginning and end of the timeline are framed with 3” deep etched

aluminum panels with abstracted cropped imagery of Jones Hall interiors, while

large oor to ceiling vinyl wallpaper graphics appear in vertical bands at various

locations along the timeline creating contrasting backgrounds to the materials

atop them.

Proposal Concept b: JESSE H. JONES HISTORY

Using materials provided by, and collaborating with Steven Fenberg of Houston

Endowment, this wall contains the story of Jesse H. Jones life. It will include

narratives that highlight the entrepreneurial drive that helped build Houston into

a metropolis; notes on his political life based on civic leadership for Federal and

Local Governments and, nally, his philanthropic ideals that have perpetuated

well beyond his years.Warm painted walls transform this corridor into a rich environment for reection

on stories through history. Translucent glass panels, with the biographical

narrative, oat o the surface of the walls. Three-inch deep framed images

of varying scale, contrast the large raised aluminum quotes that embody the

character of Jesse H. Jones.

Materials

Brass tubing

Laser-cut aluminum/brass for framing

panels and numbers

Teak framing

LED lighting and backlit graphics

Inscribed brass hexagons on teak

Vinyl wall graphics

Wiring + transformersPaint


JONES HALL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS : PROPOSAL

Courtyard Level Entrance Hallway/ Lounge & Restrooms

STORIES

Materials

Etched glass panels with risers

Silk screen and/or etched aluminum p

of Jones portrait

Various laminated images ush mount

to 3’ deep black frames

Raised aluminum letters mounted to wVinyl wall graphic

Stenciled signature of Jesse H. Jones

Paint



STORIES ( A Timeline of Jones Hall )

1. Brass

2. Laser-etched Aluminum Panel3. Brass channel tubing

4. Inscribed brass hexagons with teak back

5. Aluminum numerals / letters

6. Lightboxes with aluminum frame face an7. Vinyl Wall Graphics


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JESSE H. JONES HISTORY

1. Silk screen aluminum panel with Jones p

2. Etched glass panels with risers o the w3. Vinyl wall graphics

4. Aluminum letters

5. Laminated images on 3” black frames


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ADDITIONAL ELEMENTS to

JESSE H. JONES WALL and STORIES

1. Laminated images on 3” black frames

2. Aluminum 3-D Lettering3. Vinyl Wall Graphic



JONES HALL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS : PROPOSAL

Main Lobby Second Tier Seating Area Bench Back (Orchestra Level)

INTERLUDE

Observations

Upon entering Jones Hall from the main entrance, audiences eyes are enticed

upward through the Gemini sculpture, along the strong geometric, contrasting

white forms of the second level balcony against a dark teak curtain and are

punctuated by a constellation of pinpoint spots in the ceilings. The curved walls

of the tiered seating areas do not reveal themselves until audiences lter through,

around them or rest inside. Their function is transitional. A larger walkway

through to the main hall or a resting area between acts in a performance. These

areas of interlude are places to reect and converse about the performances,

take in the crowds and architecture. They call for a work of art and design thatentices and melds into the horizon line of benches. A piece that doesn’t force

itself visually or require time or eort to feel satised.

Proposal Concept: INTERLUDE

The word Interlude reveals itself as a textual element, stretching across the back

of the middle low wall. An all-white, subtle visual texture focusing on materials

and craftsmanship pulls colors and forms from existing formal elements in

building. A thin white sheet of metal is laser-cut with thousands of hexagonal

holes revealing the word Interlude. A second layer of white laminated plywood,

with a larger pattern of hexagonal holes, form the backing while creating a

narrow chamber to allow sound to emanate from the speakers behind.

Materials

Laser-cut metal with powder-coated p

CNC cut/curved plywood with epoxy p

Welded steel armature Wood framing

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INTERLUDE

1. Laser-cut powder-coated metal

2. CNC cut laminated white plywood3. Wood framing

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