Theaters
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180_ Albignasego Auditoriun Theater
The Albignasego Auditorium Theatre was born from the ambition to reinterpret the historical memory of the local rural houses through a contemporary lens, translating the texture of their brickwork into a modern cladding that gives the building a strong and recognizable identity. In this way, the architecture not only establishes a dialogue with the surrounding landscape and the scale of the adjacent urban fabric, but also narrates the history of the place through a contemporary language. Winner of the international competition launched by the Municipality in 2018, the project is part of a broader transformation that began with the creation of the public park and continued—also thanks to PNRR funds—with the construction of... More
News • News • 25 Sep 2023
OMA completes design of a new landmark cultural venue in Manchester
OMA has completed the design of Aviva Studios, a new landmark cultural venue in Manchester, England. In an ambitious project led by OMA Partner, Ellen van Loon, Aviva Studios is the acclaimed architectural firm’s first major public building in the UK. Located in Manchester’s historic industrial center, the building is part of the St. John's Quarter redevelopment, a new city centre neighborhood.
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David Levene
OMA won an international competition to design Aviva Studios in 2015. The venue welcomed its first public visitors in June 2023 and will stage its inaugural opening production in October 2023. Built on a 1.8-hectare (4.45-acre) site, the venue’s expansive internal area spans 13,350 square meters (... More
Project • By AtelierOFFLINE • Shops
FUN FACTORY - Comedy Theater in the Alleyway
Chapter 1: From the architect's perspective:
In traditional Eastern culture, emotional expression tends to be more reserved, but the rise of comedy theaters seems to have opened a door for emotional release. As an imported concept, stand-up comedy in China carries a new kind of energy. A brand new form of energy. With the rising popularity of entertainment shows like ‘Rock&Roast' in recent years, Fun Factory | Beijing Longfu Temple has become a unique cultural gateway between the East and the West. It embodies a distinctive humanistic quality—a field of energy generated by laughter. It serves as a new landmark, emanating a joyful aura.
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The client is a well-known young comedy culture production company i... More
Project • By WOWHAUS • Theaters
Electrotheatre Stanilslavsky
Moscow Drama Theatre named after Stanislavsky on Tverskaya, the Moscow high street, has recently reopened its doors with a new name, concept and look. It is now Stanislavsky Electrotheatre – an important new venue with the ambition to become a global stage direction centre.
The new name harks back to 1915, when the original art-nouveau building was conceived. By then it held a cinema which by then was a new form of entertainment, and cinemas were called electrotheatres. This provenance of the building later became an obstacle for its further use as a drama theatre, as technologically a drama theatre requires a much more complex planning than a cinema.
The architects’ objective was to transform the elongated building of the former cinem... More
Project • By Kawneer • Theaters
Atlas Theatre
‘‘An intelligent, winning design with innovative vision, multifunctional, flexible and extremely sustainable’’. As the design by Van den Berg Groep and Henning Larsen Architects from Denmark for the main entrance of the new Emmen zoo and the Atlas Theatre or ‘World of Theatre and World of Encounter’ was called by the evaluation commission of the European Tender in 2012. The Atlas Theatre is a part of the Masterplan Emmen Center and is directly adjacent to the center of Emmen. Visitors can easily walk from the new center square to the entrance area of the park and theatre.
After seventy years the zoo had outgrown its capacity. The Emmen zoo has high ambitions and wants to set an example in terms of animal welfare and care for the environm... More
Project • By ULMA Architectural Solutions • Theaters
PORTOSEGURO THEATRE
Located in a central area of the city of São Paulo, the project designed by the Studio AIC ARQUITETURA E URBANISMO and the Architect Israel Sancovski (Restorations of the commercial builidng), is part of a project for the restoration of the "Campos Elísios" neighbourhood.
CHALLENGE
The challenge was to resolve the architectural language that had to be maintained between the two existing buildings, on the one hand, the shopping centre and, on the other, the newly built Theatre. This harmony of languages has been possible thanks to the flexibility and adaptability of the ULMA Ventilated Facade system.
To tackle the restoration project of the existing building it was necessary to strengthen both the structure and the pillars of the... More