Jack Bogan - ASTC
As a principal of Landry & Bogan since 1970, Jack has assisted in the
architectural design of performance spaces, and designed rigging systems,
special machinery, acoustical drape systems, orchestra enclosures, and lifts
for those spaces. Highlights include many theatres which are
significantly flexible in production form, with minimal movable elements built
at reasonable cost, which look and feel right and have good sight lines in all
presentation forms. Examples include the Old Globe in San Diego, the
Mayer Theatre in Santa Clara, and the MiraCosta College Theatre with its unique
central vomitory.His last enterprise in the five years before becoming a theatre consultant was serving as Project Architect for DeMars and Hardison on the Zellerbach Auditorium and Playhouse complex at UC Berkeley, where Paul Landry and the late Ben Schlanger were his theatre consultants.
A registered architect working exclusively on facilities for live performance, Jack is expert in the relevant building codes, ADA requirements, and the relationship and coordination of theatrical equipment and building architecture.
Since the firm's first microcomputer appeared in 1978, Bogan has been the firm's hardware and software guru. The firm's toolbox includes his programs for analyzing light levels from an array of luminaires, optimizing vertical sightlines on a probabilistic model, making an optimally staggered seat layout from section boundaries, simulating the maneuvering of a semi-trailer, etc.
Education:
BA (Architecture), Yale University, 1958
Experience:
Principal of Landry & Bogan since 1970
Residential and commercial architectural experience 1958-1969
Affiliations:
Registered Architect, California C-4090
American Society of Theatre Consultants
United States Institute of Theatre Technology