My Interest in interior architecture has grown rapidly in recent time. Studying new materials, technologies and techniques has given myself exciting new ways to enclose digitally modelled space using, for example, architectural glass for floors and ceilings and other materials that would look appealing when designing a derelict/damaged building.
The focus of this study is to explore how interiors of buildings can be changed to meet different needs and to express different functions, for example from an 18th Century place of worship to a modern night-club.While I was researching into 18th Century French Castles, Ruined Abbeys and Churches, I came across this brilliant idea. Being an employee at Halo Leeds Night Club, formerly known as Trinity St Davids Congregational Church on Wood-house Lane, I took the opportunity to speak to the manager in charge to acquire permission to closely study and document some architectural elements of the building. This of course had to be done during 'out of office' hours, avoiding any unwanted persons in the building. Luckily being a good employee, I was granted this rare golden opportunity and to make this even better, a lighting engineer was brought in to light up the premises in order to archive ambiance and mood.
Halo night club is an 18th Century church building, it's structure is covered with immense detail on the inside and on it's exterior. The actual age of the building is unbeknownst to me but it is speculated that it was built in the 1900s. There has been major modifications to the building to accommodate it's new purpose to safely harbour up to 2000 drunken students on a busy night. Modifications made are such as:
- Removing the seating are to provide space for the Dance floor
- To provide space for all the 4 bars
- Space for the DJ booth
- Space for the VIP area
- Smoking Area
- Etc
The designs that were left intact were the iconic church glass windows that depict various stories from the bible and the main exterior structure.
The reason why this building appealed to me was the fact that it would sit well in the scene of my project, although it would be hard to model a building of such scale and detail, it was a great opportunity to study it's structure closely and explore how the building is inhabited, used and experienced.
Below are the photographs I took for documentation:
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| Lighting Rig attached to the wooden ceiling. |
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| Iconic stained windows behind the bar |
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| Spiralling staircase leading to the VIP area. Ambient lighting in the background. |
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| Spiralling staircase, made of metal. |
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| Main dance floor, the floor is made of hardwood, high beam lights turned on. |
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| Main entrance to the building, also has ambient lighting that changes colour. |
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| The building is also surrounded by small trees |
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| Main arches holding the structure, these are made of concrete and bricks |
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| Concrete and brick arches |
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| Concrete and brick arches |
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| Arches and Pillars made of concrete and bricks |
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| Sound system attached next to the arches and pillars. |
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