engineering

Waterfront Hall

Waterfront Hall is a engineering topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Waterfront Hall rather than just read about it. In short: Belfast Waterfront is a multi-purpose conference and entertainment centre, in Belfast, Northern Ireland, designed by local architects' firm Robinson McIlwaine. The hall is located in Lanyon Place, the flagship development of the Laganside Corporation.

Key takeaways

Waterfront Hall belongs to engineering; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Waterfront Hall to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Waterfront Hall from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Belfast Waterfront is a multi-purpose conference and entertainment centre, in Belfast, Northern Ireland, designed by local architects' firm Robinson McIlwaine. The hall is located in Lanyon Place, the flagship development of the Laganside Corporation. The development is named after the architect Charles Lanyon.

Construction Planning for the building began 1989, with the hall being completed in 1997 for the sum of £32 million. Practice partner Peter McGuckin was the project architect. The main circular Auditorium seats 2,241 and is based on the Berlin Philharmonic Hall designed by Hans Scharoun. However the flexible design of the Auditorium allows the stalls seating to be moved to create a larger arena. The smaller adjoining Studio seats 380. The dome of the building is coated in copper. This is so the exterior will eventually turn green and reflect the dome of Belfast City Hall and other Victorian buildings in the city centre. The building also contains bars and a restaurant.

Notable events

Many plays take place every year, in the 350 seated capacity studio, including operas, pantomimes, and musicals. The hall is a key venue for the Belfast Festival at Queen's and for concerts given by the Ulster Orchestra. During their 2002 tour, in promotion of their album Right Now, famous pop trio Atomic Kitten recorded their Right Here, Right Now DVD at the auditorium. Planxty performed there on 19, 20 and 21 January 2005 as part of their series of reunion concerts. In 2011 the Waterfront hosted the Sinn Féin Ardfheis, the first time for it to be held in Belfast. On March 15, 2013, American country music singer Carrie Underwood played a concert as part of her Blown Away Tour. On January 18, 2014 Britain's Got Talent auditions were in here. The auditions were for the Series 8 of the show. The auditions were shown on April 14, 2014. The annual Christmas show, 'The Music Box', starring Peter Corry was hosted by the Waterfront Hall in December 2013. Westlife lead vocalist Shane Filan played at the hall as a solo artist in 2017. The 2018 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards are due to take place at the Hall on 4 April. It will be the first time the awards have taken place in Belfast. The annual snooker tournament, The Northern Ireland Open has been held at the venue since its second year in 2017.

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Waterfront Hall

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Waterfront Hall claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In engineering, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Waterfront Hall before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Waterfront Hall ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Waterfront Hall

In research: Waterfront Hall appears in engineering research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Waterfront Hall in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Waterfront Hall is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1997 establishments in Northern Ireland, 20th-century architecture in Northern Ireland, Buildings and structures completed in 1997, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Waterfront Hall outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Waterfront Hall in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Waterfront Hall means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Waterfront Hall out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Waterfront Hall in simple terms?

Why does Waterfront Hall matter?

Because it connects several engineering ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Waterfront Hall?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Waterfront Hall.