Yale School of Drama Self-supported portal designed at a width greater than could be loaded into the building in one piece. A plastic drop was loaded onto a Sch40 pipe "rolldrum" behind the header and automated to slip in and out through a designed gap between the horizontal and vertical components of the header.

Yale School of Drama Self-supported portal designed at a width greater than could be loaded into the building in one piece. A plastic drop was loaded onto a Sch40 pipe "rolldrum" behind the header and automated to slip in and out through a designed gap between the horizontal and vertical components of the header.

Yale School of Drama Self-supported portal designed at a width greater than could be loaded into the building in one piece. A plastic drop was loaded onto a Sch40 pipe "rolldrum" behind the header and automated to slip in and out through a designed gap between the horizontal and vertical components of the header.

Yale School of Drama Self-supported portal designed at a width greater than could be loaded into the building in one piece. A plastic drop was loaded onto a Sch40 pipe "rolldrum" behind the header and automated to slip in and out through a designed gap between the horizontal and vertical components of the header.

Yale School of Drama Self-supported portal designed at a width greater than could be loaded into the building in one piece. A plastic drop was loaded onto a Sch40 pipe "rolldrum" behind the header and automated to slip in and out through a designed gap between the horizontal and vertical components of the header.

Yale School of Drama Self-supported portal designed at a width greater than could be loaded into the building in one piece. A plastic drop was loaded onto a Sch40 pipe "rolldrum" behind the header and automated to slip in and out through a designed gap between the horizontal and vertical components of the header.

Yale School of Drama Self-supported portal designed at a width greater than could be loaded into the building in one piece. A plastic drop was loaded onto a Sch40 pipe "rolldrum" behind the header and automated to slip in and out through a designed gap between the horizontal and vertical components of the header.

Yale School of Drama The portal is seen here with the lightbox panels in and the plastic drop out. The "door" behind the portal is a pair of wagons operated by two stagehands.

Yale School of Drama The portal is seen here with the lightbox panels removed and the plastic drop in.