{"id":4314,"date":"2012-09-14T11:33:37","date_gmt":"2012-09-14T10:33:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/?p=4314"},"modified":"2012-09-14T11:35:04","modified_gmt":"2012-09-14T10:35:04","slug":"new-building-look-no-hoardings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2012\/09\/14\/new-building-look-no-hoardings\/","title":{"rendered":"New building: look, no hoardings!"},"content":{"rendered":"

There was a very exciting moment partway through this week, when the hoardings around the construction site were removed; hitherto, the building has been largely hidden behind giant boards (bearing, it has to be said, though, some terrific photos of some of the Music Scholars, courtesy of @mickelous). Alas, all good things must come to an end, and the boards were taken away to reveal the exterior of the building’s reception area and practice rooms.<\/p>\n

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Exterior of the entrance<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In the image above, the nature of the front of the building is finally revealed; the north-east corner boasts large windows around the social space, and the view continues down past the entrance lobby along the foyer; the windows along there will afford views of the foyer-space and its small performance stage. The walkway alongside will be bedecked with trees and a grassed area, in what has already been christened ‘The Boulevard’ by the Director of Music.<\/p>\n

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View along the northern aspect<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Above, you can clearly see the northern facade, leading around to the western-side car-park; this section houses, beyond the social space, the ground-floor practice rooms and kitchen, and above, the first-floor ensemble rehearsal rooms and staff offices.<\/p>\n

With the move into the new building now only a few weeks away, we’re starting to get very excited indeed; we hope you are too…<\/p>\n