Even from the get-go, IndigO2, a 2,410-seat, 45,000-square-foot music club in Greenwich, England, was not your typical concert hall. The first clue was its proportions. "Very rarely does this size venue get built in this country," says Simon Burger of careyjones interiors, the British firm that oversaw the space’s design and decor. The second was its context. Housed in the former Millennium Dome, which developer AEG leased from the U.K. government in 2005, the club was to work in tandem with a 20,000-seat sister venue, the O2 arena, located mere yards away. And third, but most important, was its function. Though billed as a place to hear live music, it also, for financial reasons, had to be able to host everything from award dinners to after-parties to conventions. The resulting of these factors? , a marvel of adaptability that went from detailed drawings to finished project in eight months, uses hospitality and lighting elements to customize the room and satisfy a diverse clientele.
Key to IndigO2 is its organization. The triple-height room is centered on a stage, which sits at the far right end of a ballroom-like ground floor. A long, curved bar with a slatted timber finish is conveniently placed on the other end, allowing audience members to get their drinks without missing any of the performance; stalls of cloth seats—which can be removed and configured as needed—line the area in between the stage and bar. A cantilevered balcony with stadium seating fills the other two levels, with another bar, Bleachers, positioned at its pinnacle. In the case of a small event or low ticket sales, the ground floor can be used alone, a black curtain pulled across the balcony to block it out, or that first floor can be utilized in tandem with the first six rows of the balcony, a premium area called King’s Row, which offers extra-wide seats and waitress service.
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