competitors entry for a riverside theater
Graber Pulver’s new theater in Lucerne is an formidable proposal that’s designed to introduce a recent icon that hosts opera, drama and dance performances. Swiss architects think about the mission as a part of a design competitors and find it theater alongside the banks of the River Reuss, straight adjoining to the 17th-century baroque Jesuit church of St. Francis Cavier.
Envisioned as a surprising backdrop for the performances and for the town’s identification, the proposal takes benefit of the scenic views and celebrates the historic significance of its location. ‘Playful openness, festivity and solemn grace characterize the expression of this vital cultural place”, the architects remark.
photographs © Filippo Bolognese Photos | @filippobolognese
facade translucent curtain by graber pulver
The architects at Graber Pulver design the distinctive facade of the brand new theater in Lucerne as a dynamic curtain between the interior and outer worlds. Throughout the day, this shroud supplies each shade and privateness for the interiors, whereas at night time, gentle penetrates the outside to remodel the structure right into a lantern that lightly shines alongside the riverbank.
The distinctive theater is split between three distinct levels, every with its personal lobby, to accommodate separate opera, drama and dance performances. These levels are distributed over three separate ranges, permitting impartial and unbundled operation of every stage. With this versatile group, the mission is deliberate to make sure that its advanced schedule runs easily. General, Graber Pulver’s imaginative and prescient for Lucerne’s new theater is a novel and artistic proposal to deliver new life to the historic riverfront.
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details about the mission:
Challenge title: The theater in Lucerne
structure: Graber Pulver Architekten AG | @graberpulver
Location: Lucerne, Switzerland
standing: registration for the competitors, 2022
views: © Filippo Bolognese Photos | @filippobolognese
panorama: Krebs und Herd GmbH, Winterthur
development economics: Takt Baumanagement AG
Civil engineering: Muttoni and Fernandez Consulting Engineers AG
development expertise: Gruenberg + Associate AG
acoustics: Utilized Acoustics GmbH
Electrical engineering: R+B Engineering AG
theater planning: Theaterplanung GmbH
gastro planning: Planbar AG
sustainability, constructing physics: EK Energiekonzepte AG
fireplace safety: AFC, Air Circulate Consulting AG
bodily mannequin: Modellbau Zaborowsky GmbH