WO2019164423A1 - Sports entertainment facility - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to the field of sports entertainment facilities. On the bottom tier of a two-tier structure, the following are arranged in succession: a first auditorium, means for partitioning off the auditorium from a stage area and a pool, a stage area, a front transparent wall of the pool, a pool enclosure equipped with two rows of wings arranged parallel to non-transparent side walls of the pool to form bays that are hidden from view in order to temporarily conceal underwater swimmers and allow them the opportunity to connect to a compressed air feed system for breathing, a rear transparent wall of the pool enclosure, and storage units. On the upper tier, the following are arranged in succession: a second auditorium, means for partitioning off the auditorium from a stage area and the surface of the pool, a stage area, the upper portion of the pool, and dressing rooms for performers and sportsmen and women. Ladders for entering and exiting the pool are mounted in the wing bays, at the surface of the pool enclosure. An electrically controlled smart film is adhered to the front transparent wall of the pool. A light-emitting screen is mounted behind the rear transparent wall of the pool. The invention increases the visual appeal of aquatic and underwater sports competitions both underwater and out of the water.

Description

 SPORT AND ENTERTAINMENT STRUCTURE

The invention relates to the construction of structures for water and underwater sports, as well as for theatrical performances on water, underwater and on land. The construction is a combined design with a deep-sea pool, which provides the possibility of sporting events, the educational process, fitness, sports and recreational activities in water and underwater sports with the possibility of showing theatrical performances on water, under water and on land.

 A cultural and entertainment facility is known - the open theater of the A. Raikin Center for Arts, Culture and Leisure (RF patent Ns2367754, IPC Е04Н 3/22 of 05/21/2008, combined with a studio-school with a metal frame structure with a stationary roof rectangle and a folding double-leaf sliding the external wall of the school-studio, located along the contour of the stage space of the open theater with the formation of a single building of the center of art, culture and leisure, all the technological and technical equipment of the open theater lnostyu located underground organized in two levels, and ground space open theater is a flat disc-shaped pad diameter of 30 m, which is used both for the organization of the stage space, and for the organization of seats for spectators.

Technological and technical equipment is completely located underground at two organized levels with exploited underground floors, in which rooms are located for attendants, for training theater participants, as well as for a set of technological equipment that makes up the lower stage stage mechanization, which includes a set of lifting and platform platforms with automatic ascent and descent, forming the central sector of the stage space, three technologies logical tapes: "Turntable", "ice rink", "Swimming pool with fountains", in addition, on three sides-sunk lifting platforms of the central sites sectors there are three sectors with a device for stepwise lifting of rows with seats for spectators.

 In the open theater of the periphery of the 30-meter disk-shaped stage of the stage space, there are holes for dips and shafts for fireworks, launching balls, serpentines, the appearance and disappearance of artists and other effects, and at a certain distance from each other there are lifting and lowering racks with platforms for stage lighting and sound equipment, while the three framing sectors are located around the perimeter of the stage space from the outside, where lifting and lowering platform machines are installed to provide opportunities to transform the stage space into a necessary place for theatrical performances of artists and arrange rows with seats for spectators in the form of an amphitheater around the central sector of the stage space of an open theater.

 There is also known a system for theatrical performance (RF patent N ° 2151623, IPC A63J 1/00, Е04Н 3/22 of 07/14/1999), including an auditorium, stage, stage mirror and lighting devices, while the stage is a container, according to at least one wall of which is made transparent and serves as a mirror of the stage, and the playground is located inside a container that is filled with a liquid medium suitable for human life, while there is a means for isolating the surface of the liquid medium from the audience’s perception, and the viewer flax room located so that the angle of the viewer's perception of each spectator is directed deep into the liquid medium through the transparent wall.

The closest technical solution is a combined entertainment facility - a complex for theatrical performance (RF patent Ns 2345812, IPC A63J 1/00 dated 08/23/2007) containing a stage set made in the form of a tank filled with liquid medium, at least one wall of which is made optically transparent, while the tank is installed on the support platform, the advance stage and the aerial scene are mounted around the support plate-form, inside the latter, an empty space is made under the tank to bring it pipelines, equipment placement and water preparation for filling the tank, the latter is made in the form of a collapsible aquarium, while the latter is made with two side panels of opaque material, the front and rear panels of transparent material and a collapsible bottom, with the panels and the bottom hermetically interconnected, on the upper perimeter of the aquarium laid beams that fasten the walls of the aquarium on top and on these beams around the perimeter of the aquarium a service gallery is mounted - an access area for art In the aquarium and installation of equipment, in particular lighting equipment, and the gallery is covered with insulating material, such as rubber, the side panels and the bottom of the aquarium are made with technological holes for installing equipment and decorations in the aquarium, as well as supplying compressed air to artists in the water, this aquarium is made with a system of protection for spectators and artists in case of destruction of the transparent walls of the aquarium, consisting of a protective curtain falling between the audience and the aquarium to protect against emergency flow during water from the aquarium made in the floor of the auditorium of hatches with barred openings for draining water, made in the side walls of the aquarium of hatches for draining water, while the aquarium is tensioned to protect artists from injuries, and hatches are connected to emergency tanks for receiving water from the aquarium .

 The complex is equipped with a system of supply and exhaust ventilation and removal of excess moisture from the air and is equipped with a climate system to maintain water and air temperatures comfortable for artists with the ability to work in automatic and manual control mode.

 The complex is equipped with mirror and lens systems, an acoustic communication system with artists located in the aquarium, a lighting system located both inside and outside the aquarium, a musical accompaniment for the performance, as well as mechanisms for installing and moving decorations and screens in and out of the aquarium .

The disadvantages of the known technical solutions are limited operational and functional capabilities, structurally they are not suitable for water and underwater sports. The technical result, which consists in expanding the operational and functional capabilities to ensure increased entertainment, attractiveness and variety of competitions, theatrical performances, dances, shows on the water and underwater, increasing the audience of visitors due to the universality of the construction structure, is achieved in a sports and entertainment facility containing a stage , a capacity forming a pool filled with liquid, ladders for entering and leaving the pool, front and back walls of the bass seine made of transparent material, the front wall contains a smart film, the side walls are opaque and have wings, one dry stage mounted in front of the front transparent wall of the pool, a second stage mounted in front of the liquid surface in the pool bowl, a third stage beyond the surface of the pool liquid pipelines of the air supply system for underwater swimmers performing in performances and shows, a crane beam with a mechanism for moving and installing equipment, scenery, service compartments and rooms for artists and athletes, non-transparent means that enclose the pool from the audience at the right time, the supply and exhaust ventilation system, lighting and sound systems for performances and competitions, a warehouse workshop associated with the pool and the upper stage a crane-beam tier, characterized in that the construction is at least two-tier, while the first auditorium (underwater stage), stage, smart stage are sequentially located on the lower tier a henna on a transparent pool wall, a transparent pool wall, a pool bowl filled with liquid, backstages are located parallel to each side opaque pool wall with the formation of compartments invisible to viewers, the underwater breathing system is located in grooves at the bottom and on the side walls behind the curtains, ladders for entering the pool and exits are installed behind the curtains, the rear transparent wall, the video screen, the warehouse, the second auditorium (water stage) are sequentially located on the second tier, the means separating the pool from the viewer hall, stage, surface of the liquid in the pool bowl, parallel on the side walls there are office rooms for artists and athletes, a workshop-warehouse, a crane-beam connecting the workshop-warehouse with a pool and a stage.

 At the same time, this technical result is also achieved by the fact that an apectro-controlled smart film is glued onto the front wall of the pool with the possibility of changing its state from transparent to matte with conversion to a screen for projecting images using a video projector and a laser projector for shows, mounted behind a transparent pool wall video screen for playing videos, images, visual information on the volume of the pool.

 For the possibility of operating the first and second halls, when there are no competitions and performances, for the convenience of rehearsals and training, the pool is fenced off from the audience halls by transforming partitions.

 The expansion of the functional and operational capabilities of the structure is also ensured by the fact that the first and second auditoriums are equipped with stands with telescopic folding rows to ensure the conversion of auditoriums into rooms for training athletes, rehearsals for artists, organizing, for example, a cinema hall, an exhibition hall, a fashion show, lecture hall.

 To improve the visual perception of spectators of theatrical events taking place in the pool under water without distracting attention to the structural elements of the structure and for the safe swimming of people who accidentally can catch on the structure or hit it, grooves are made on the bottom and side walls of the pool for laying pipelines of the air supply system for underwater swimmers with elements for connecting the respiratory headset in different places, as in the performances people working underwater hold their breath and they need to periodically pop up to catch your breath and draw air into the lungs, this action disrupts the performance of the play, you don’t need to do this with the breathing system and it creates the illusion that people under water can not breathe for hours.

The invention is illustrated by drawings, where: in FIG. 1 shows the construction of the structure in section with prepared stands for spectators, transforming partitions in the auditoriums when folded;

 in FIG. 2 shows the construction of the structure in the context of telescopic folding rows in the folded state, transforming partitions in the expanded state;

 in FIG. 3 shows a top view of the lower tier of the building with the first auditorium, transformable partitions in the expanded state; in FIG. 4 shows a top view of the upper tier of the building with the upper auditorium, with office space, transformable partitions are folded at the side walls of the hall;

 in FIG. 5 shows a visual representation of the design of the respiratory system of the pool;

 in FIG. 6 is a visual representation of the connected breathing headset to the piping system of the respiratory system;

 in FIG. 7 presents an additional visual image of the lower tier of the building in a state to view the performance;

 in FIG. 8 presents an additional visual image of the lower tier of the structure, the auditorium is transformed into a volleyball court and a cinema;

 in FIG. 9 provides an additional visual representation of the upper tier of the structure prepared for viewing the performance on dry stage venues and on water;

 in FIG. 10 provides an additional visual image of the upper tier of the structure, the auditorium is transformed into a basketball court, a pool area for rehearsals or sports training;

 in FIG. 11 provides an additional visual image of the lower tier of the building, the auditorium is transformed into a nightclub or disco.

Sports and entertainment facilities (Fig. 1, 2) consists of two main tiers, on which premises and objects with various purposes are located. On the lower tier (Fig. 1, 2, 3, 7), the first auditorium 1 is sequentially located, transformable partitions 2 enclosing the pool and stage 3 from the audience 1, stage 3, smart film 4 glued to the front transparent wall 5 pool 6, transparent wall 5, pool bowl 6, opaque walls 7, wings 8, grooves 9 for pipes 10 (FIGS. 1, 2, 5) of the respiratory system with connection points 11 at the bottom of the pool 6 (FIGS. 1, 2, 3) and opaque walls 7, rear transparent glass 12, video screen 13, workshop 14.

 On the second tier (Fig. 1, 2, 4, 9), a second auditorium 15, a second stage 16, a bowl of the pool 6, office rooms 17 for artists and athletes, a third stage 18, elements 19 for decorating the fixtures, are located in series -beam 20 (Fig. 1 and 2), the upper space of the workshop 14.

 The front wall 5 (Fig. 3, 4, 7) and the rear wall 12 of the pool 6 are made transparent, and the side walls 7 are made opaque.

 Stage 3 (Fig. 1, 2, 3, 7) is located in front of the front wall 5 of the bottom of the pool 6.

 Pool 6 (Figs. 3, 4, 7, 9), is equipped with two rows of wings 8 located parallel to the side walls 7 of the pool 6 with the formation of compartments 21 that are invisible to viewers to temporarily shelter underwater swimmers, making it possible to breathe underwater at different depth levels, go out and enter the pool liquid is not noticeable to the audience of the hall 1.

 In the indicated compartments 21 (Fig. 4) in the upper part of the pool 6, ladders 22 are installed for entering the liquid and leaving the liquid of the pool 6, unnoticed by the audience of Hall 1 (Fig. 3).

 In the upper part of the building is located the technical floor 24 (Fig. 1, 2, 9, 10), for wiring communications, installation of lighting devices, etc.

Above the technical floor 24 there is a crane beam 20 (Fig. 1 and 2) with a mechanism for moving and installing equipment and decorations from workshop 14 to pool 6, to stage 16 and 18, and back to workshop 14. On the bottom and side walls 7 (Fig. 1, 2, 3) of the pool 6, grooves 9 are made for laying the pipelines 10 of the respiratory system.

 The pool contains pipes 10 (Fig. 1, 2, 5, 6) of the respiratory system with elements 11 for connecting a headset 23 (Fig. 5 and 6), a blower fan 25 (Fig. 1, 2, 5), a climate control unit 26 , valve 28, in turn, the pipeline 10 has two parallel pipes, one blows air from the fan 25, and the other creates negative pressure by the fan 27 (Fig. 5), valves 28 are installed at the ends of the pipes 10 to adjust the pressure in the pipes 10, design with two pipes makes it possible to breathe underwater through the headset 23 (Fig. 5 and 6) without air bubbles.

 An electrically controlled smart film 4 is pasted onto the front wall 5 (FIGS. 1, 2, 3, 4, 7) of the pool 6, with the possibility of changing its state from transparent to opaque, with the possibility of converting to a screen for projecting images, showing a movie through video projectors 29 ( Fig. 1, 2, 7).

 Smart film 4 (Fig. 1, 2, 3, 4, 7) is made of a polymer material that can change its transparency and the degree of light transmission.

 Behind the rear wall 12 (Fig. 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8) of the pool 6, a radiating video screen 10 is mounted in the workshop 14 for reproducing video films, pictures, lighting effects, visual information.

 The auditoriums 1 and 15 (Figs. 1, 2) are equipped with stands 30 with folding telescopic rails consisting of several sections, ensuring the conversion of the auditoriums 1 (Fig. 8) and 15 (Figs. 10 and 11) into several rooms or into one the room.

 Folded telescopic stands free the auditorium 1 (Fig. 11), it becomes possible to attract an audience and operate the building at night, for example, as a night disco or club.

On the ceiling 31 (Figs. 1 and 2) between the auditoriums 1 and 15, a stage 16 and a stage 18 are equipped. On the side walls of the auditorium 1 (Fig. 3) there is a cabinet (niche) 32 for the location of the transformable partitions 2 in them when folded.

 Partitions 2 (Fig. 2, 3, 10) in the auditorium 1 perform the function of blocking the audience from the stage 3, walls 5, pool 6, in the auditorium 15 (Figs. 2, 10) of the partition 2 perform the function of blocking from the stage 16 and the water surface of the pool 6 for the possibility of rehearsing and training without occupying the entire audience hall 15, partitions 2 divide the audience hall 1 (Fig. 8) and 15 into two rooms, in turn, audience hall 1 in this position can be used, for example like gym, cinema, showroom, small theater, fashion show.

 On the side walls of the auditorium 15 (Fig. 3) transforming partitions 2 in assembled form without niches.

The invention is a universal sports and entertainment facility that allows for sporting events, the educational process, theatrical performances under water, on water and on stage 3, 16 and 18 (Fig. 1 and 2) using modern lighting equipment, sound, video image transmission, effects of water flow, wind, waves, using controlled models of yachts, ships, submarines with the ability to create sea battles, create underwater using controlled models of fish and aquatic mammals to make the scenery in workshop 14 indistinguishable from the real underwater landscape, video screen 13 makes it possible to depict scenery and films, underwater swimmers (actors) have the opportunity to interact with the characters of the play filmed in advance on a video camera and shown on video screen 13, to create the complete illusion that people breathe under water, talk, play musical instruments like on a regular theater stage. Create flight effects in outer space, for example, on a video screen 13 a rotating planet is shown, and in the pool there is a model of a spaceship with actors-submariners in space suits, the illusion of flying in space is created, it becomes possible to show performances about space.

 Such functionality in the present invention significantly expand the audience and attract viewers.

 Theatrical actions and sports events in the present invention is as follows.

 The invention allows for the implementation of spectacular events characterized by unusual genre combinations of scenes with various visual effects, for example, showing the first act of the performance on stage 16, 18 (Figs. 1 and 9) and on water using hall 15, and the second act of the scene under water is activated Hall 1 (Fig. 1, 7) with a stage 3, a swimming pool 6 and a video screen 13.

 Before the start of the presentation, the transformable partitions 2 (Fig. 3, 7) are pushed by the movement mechanism (not shown in the drawings) into the cabinet (niche) 32 located in the side wall of the auditorium 1 and occupy the minimum volume in the compressed state in the auditorium 15 ( Fig. 4, 9) of the partition 2 are located at the side walls are not covered by niches.

 The actions of the artists performing on stage 3 (Figs. 1 and 7) are combined with the actions of the artists underwater and on the video screen 13. The actions of the athletes-actors underwater are carried out in accordance with the instructions of the director simultaneously with the events taking place in the feature film. For example, during the demonstration of the film “Amphibian Man,” the front transparent wall 5 of pool 6 becomes dull and the film is shown on it, and then, when actions are to take place underwater, the wall becomes instantly transparent and viewers see the actors play underwater, in costumes, both in the film and in its script, i.e. the plot of the film is realized underwater by athletes and actors.

A smart film 4 is glued on the optically transparent front wall 5 of the pool 6, behind the second optically transparent wall 12 of the pool 6 bath from the side of the workshop 14 there is a radiating video screen 13, with which various lighting effects are created, films and pictures are shown, in fact this is a large monitor computer in the pool, video screen 13 it is cleaned in workshop 14 if there is such a need, for example, for showing a play or a show it is used as a back stage area behind glass.

 The smart film 4 is made of two polymer layers, between which there is a liquid crystal substance. If you apply electrical voltage to the electrodes located around the perimeter of the screen, the liquid crystals of the film will begin to move, oriented in a certain direction, and the optical characteristics of the film will change - it will become transparent or opaque. The degree of transparency can be adjusted by changing the voltage. In the absence of control voltage, the crystals are arranged in a chaotic manner, and the smart film becomes opaque (matte).

 The transparency of the smart film 4 forming the screen, with the demonstration of video films, as well as the operation of the emitting video screen 13 is controlled by the operator from the control panel or program from a computer (not shown in the drawings).

 On the bottom and walls of the pool 6 (Fig. 1, 2, 3), grooves 9 (recesses) are made for laying pipelines 10 and securing the connection elements to the compressed air supply system.

 One of the pipes 10 (Fig. 5) is supplied with air by a supercharger 25, the exhaled exhaust fan 27 is removed through the second pipe 10, valves 28 are installed on the ends of the pipes 10 to control the pressure in the pipes 10 so that the air for inspiration does not mix with the exhaled and bubbles of exhaled air were seen by the swimmer; heated or cooled filtered air was supplied to the air supply pipes by the climate control system 26.

 Technological openings are installed on the walls and bottom of the pool 6 bathtub for mounting sports equipment, video cameras, decorations, theater equipment, and rescue equipment under water (not shown in the drawings).

Pool 6 (Fig. 3, 4) has the standard dimensions of a sports pool for sports. The backstage rows 8 hide compartments 21 from the spectators, which provide the opportunity to breathe under water, float, enter and leave the water along the ramps 22.

 To conduct swimming competitions, the ladders 22 are removed to the workshop 14 by means of a crane beam 20 (FIGS. 1 and 2) with a moving mechanism and the necessary equipment for competitions is installed, for example, diving boards for launching into the water or gates for the water polo (not shown in the drawings).

 During the training process with swimmers, coaches can transmit information to the athlete by transmitting commands to the video screen or on the interactive whiteboard and monitor the athletes from above and through the transparent wall 5 from underwater.

 The director can communicate with the actors through the infrared speaker system during rehearsals or as well as trainers using the interactive whiteboard showing it through a transparent wall 5.

 Transformable partitions 2 can serve as theatrical scenes and curtains.

 The auditoriums 1 and 15 (Fig. 1) contain stands 30 with telescopic folding rows, which are stacked in a row above each other (Fig. 2), the rows of stands are expanded not only completely, but also partially, for example, five rows are needed, they put forward in five rows.

 At the same time, the auditoriums 1 and 15 are converted into sports halls, where you can conduct training and competitions in various sports, for example, volleyball or basketball, as well as cinema halls, a small theater, and a disco-pub.

In the universal sports and entertainment facility, all areas can be used autonomously, multifunctionally: as a gym, cinema hall, lecture hall, rehearsal room, small theater, exhibition hall, rehearsal place, night club (Fig. 11) or a disco with a dance and show demonstration under water. The office premises 17 located on the second tier (Figs. 1, 2, 4, 9, 10) (changing rooms, dressing rooms for artists, showers and toilets) provide a comfortable life support and staff functioning.

Proposed sports and entertainment facility construction is stationary and the object is mounted at a selected location with previously prepared foundation and painted communications (water supply network, the heating system, electricity, sewerage and ^{the D} · P) ·

 The construction is being carried out according to project documentation using construction equipment, modern building materials, technology for the construction of aquariums and theaters.

 The most critical facility is a pool with transparent walls made of material with a large margin of safety.

 The facility is equipped with modern equipment for lighting, ventilation, a breathing system underwater, a system for creating underwater currents, video information and sound reproduction devices controlled by computer equipment according to programs developed in accordance with the design task of directors and sports trainers.

Claims

CLAIM 1. Sports and entertainment facility, containing two auditoriums located one above the other, means for blocking the auditoriums from the pool, stage platforms, a tank forming a reservoir filled with liquid, ladders for entering and leaving the pool, while the front wall of the pool and the back made transparent, and the side walls are made opaque, stage platforms are mounted in front of the front wall of the bottom of the pool and the surface of the pool, pipelines of the compressed air supply system for underwater swimmers, a crane beam with a mechanism for moving and installing equipment and decorations, office space for artists and athletes, a supply and exhaust ventilation system, lighting and sound accompaniment of the performance, characterized in that the structure is made of at least two-tiered, on the lower tier are the first auditorium, means of blocking the auditorium from the stage and pool, stage, front transparent pool wall, pool capacity equipped with two rows of wings located parallel to the side non-transparent walls of the pool with the formation of compartments invisible to viewers for temporary shelter of underwater swimmers with the possibility of connecting to the compressed air supply system for breathing, the rear transparent wall of the pool’s tank, the warehouse-storey, are sequentially located on the upper tier second auditorium, means of blocking the auditorium from the stage and the surface of the pool, stage, upper part of the pool, office The premises for artists and athletes, ladders for entering and exiting the pool are installed in the aforementioned compartments of the wings at the surface of the pool. 2. Sports and entertainment facility according to claim 1, characterized in that an electrically controlled smart film is glued to the front transparent wall of the pool with the possibility of changing its state from transparent to matte with conversion to a screen for projecting images when transmitting visual information.  3. Sports and entertainment facility according to claim 1, characterized in that a radiating screen is mounted behind a transparent transparent pool wall for reproducing films, paintings, lighting effects in the pool volume.  4. Sports and entertainment facility according to claim 1, characterized in that the means blocking the auditoriums from the pool and dividing the auditoriums into several rooms are made in the form of transformable partitions.  5. Sports and entertainment facility according to claim 1, characterized in that the first and second auditoriums are equipped with stands with telescopic folding rows consisting of two sections, ensuring the conversion of auditoriums into spacious rooms for training athletes, conducting rehearsals for artists, discos, exhibitions fashion show.  6. Sports and entertainment facility according to claim 1, characterized in that on the bottom and side walls of the pool in the grooves are two pipes of the breathing system under water with elements for connecting the respiratory headset, atmospheric air is pumped into the pipe by a fan, air is pumped out by the fan in the other pipe , at the other ends of the valve tubes to adjust the pressure, the breathing process through the headset underwater is carried out without the formation of air bubbles.