Ammon, Idaho
This fine arts center required design innovations to support amateur crews, low operating and first costs and capabilities suitable for a variety of users. The facility includes a 1200-seat theatre with a 50 ft. wide stage, shops and loading facilities for touring and resident users. Spectrum Engineers designed professional lighting, stage rigging, acoustics and sound systems to be serviced and maintained by a minimal crew. To save energy, worklights in the auditorium, stage and support spaces reduce the operating time of expensive tungsten halogen stage and house lighting. All performance houselights are dimmable and designed to enhance the architecture. Spectrum kept the project under budget and minimized operating costs by decreasing cooling loads and by using efficient compact fluorescents, occupancy or need-based controls and inexpensive worklights.