Theatre Agora
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- Agoraweg 2, 8224JS Lelystad, Netherlands
- Year
- 2010 Client
Municipality of Lelystad
Data
Building area: 7000 m2
Programme
Theatre with two halls and a multifunctional space, restaurant and bar
Credits
UNStudio: Ben van Berkel with Gerard Loozekoot, Jacques van Wijk and Job Mouwen, Holger Hoffmann, Khoi Tran, Christian Veddeler, Christian Bergmann, Sabine Habicht, Ramon Hernandez, Ron Roos, Rene Wysk, Claudia Dorner, Markus Berger, Markus Jacobi, Ken Okonkwo, Jorgen Grahl-Madsen
Advisors
Executive architect: B+M, Den Haag
Theatre technique: Prinssen en Bus Raadgevende Ingenieurs, Uden
Engineering: Pieters Bouwtechniek, Almere Acoustics/Fire strategy: DGMR, Arnhem
The design of the theatre explores the integration of theatre arts and new media into sculptural form. The building’s envelope is composed of an overlapping multi-faceted surface that, because of perforations, creates a moiré or kaleidoscopic effect. Internally the vertical foyer and its grand staircase is designed as an element that carves through the center of the building’s volume, clearly delineating trajectories and orientation with the interconnecting theatres and congress halls.