O2 Forum

Uploaded · March 20, 2023

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Author: IM HAROLD RAMIS

Last revision: 11 Mar, 2023 at 20:43 UTC

File size: 10.27 MB

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Description:

My latest (and last for a while) big asset; O2 Forum – Kentish Town.

O2 Forum is a concert venue in Kentish Town (northwest London). The venue was built in 1934 and was originally used as an art deco cinema. After the cinema was closed, the venue re-opened as an Irish dance hall. In the 1980s, it changed directions from a bingo hall, to dance hall then to a live music venue under the name Town & Country Club. In 1993, Mean Fiddler purchased the venue and renamed it the London Forum. The final show at the T&C was Van Morrison on 21 March 1993.

In 2007, MAMA & Company purchased the Forum from Mean Fiddler and spent £1.5 million on renovations, and increasing the capacity to 2,300. In 2015, the venue was acquired by Live Nation, and re-branded as O2 Forum Kentish Town, as part of the O2 Academy Group.

The venue has standing downstairs and benched seating in booths on the upstairs balcony, or a fully seated layout for certain shows.

I decided to make this building as part of my Kentish Town 1:1 build so expect to see some screenshots of that soon. This asset took wayyy longer than planned and due to the geometry took a lot more tris than my usual assets. I will be going back to smaller asset from now on as 70+ hours is a bit of a mission!

Stats for nerds

Main model Tris: 6786
Textures: 2048×2048 Diffuse, normal, specular, alpha and illumination
LOD model Tris:464
Texures: 512×512 Diffuse and illumination
Plot size 4×9
Can be found in unique buildings tab and uses the same settings as the Theater of Wonders.

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