Acoustics appointment for the Hamer Hall Redevelopment

Marshall Day Acoustics has been appointed as acoustician to the AUS$128.5 million redevelopment of Hamer Hall. The project's architects will be Ashton Raggatt McDougall (ARM) and Peter Elliot Architects.

Group consultant Harold Marshall has previously worked with ARM and Arup Acoustics in an advisory capacity on the acoustic design of Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, part of the Mebourne Recital Centre. (see our previous news item).

Arts Minister Lynne Kosky said "This project will give Hamer Hall a new lease of life while keeping its unique character. It will be able to host a much wider variety of performances with world class acoustics."

The redevelopment of Hamer Hall will include:

• a spectacular new outlook to the city and new connections to the city, St Kilda Road and the river;
• new and expanded foyer spaces, better amenities, new stairs, improved disability access, escalators and lifts;
• improved acoustics, new auditorium seating and cutting edge staging systems and technology; and
• improved sustainable features.

The Hamer Hall project is the first stage of the Southbank Cultural Precinct Redevelopment. Construction will begin in 2010.