Theatre and architecture

Idea projektu

The idea of this project was to design a theatre based on Bertolt Brecht's philosophy, a famous writer. His plays always spoke the harsh truth, He was the one who broke all the traditional practices of theatre and dismissed the idea of dramatic theatre, and introduced Realism. His theatres had a sense of incompleteness as he always ended his theatre with an incomplete ending. He introduced the concept of the 4th wall which is the breaking of traditional practices. He used to create some disconnection and breaks in his theatres to aware his audience that whatever they are watching is just a play and reality is different. Depicting his thoughts on architecture made me design a piece of architecture that has a sense of realness, harshness , and incompleteness. temporariness, element of uniqueness, and element of disconnection

Popis projektu

This project has 4 main programs which are a closed auditorium, an open auditorium, a playspace, and an administration space. The closed auditorium is underground with the backstage connected with a ramp from the rear side of the building. The project's entrance has a gift shop, ticketing space, and exhibition space. the offices of the admin space and meeting rooms are on the upper level which is then connected by a separate ramp from the back. Then there's an open auditorium which has no ticketing space and is open for everyone. This space is accessed by a ramp at the front of the building. the open cafe is also connected with the open auditorium so people can enjoy both at the same time. there's a space for food carts under the open auditorium which are for the food carts that were already there on the site. there's a playspace that has multiple planes at different heights making a jungle gym for the kids to explore the space on their own. As the project has some sense of incompleteness there are a plenty of room for future offices in shape of containers at different heights

Technické informace

The construction of the project is done with scaffolding steel structure along with shipping containers.

Amaan Khalid

University of Karachi, Architecture Program, Department of Visual Studies

Pakistan

Architektura

Projekt odevzdán

09. 07. 2022

Tag

Architektura Exhibition Center Hall/Theatre Restaurant Movie Theatre Stadium Public spaces

Rada studentům

Theatre and architecture

Dear Amaan, Your approach to theatre design based on Bertolt Brecht's approach to his works is indeed a unique one. Your concept Based on ‘realness, harshness , and incompleteness. temporariness, element of uniqueness, and element of disconnection’ can be seen in your approach by use of materials and method of construction. Your choice of materials also present a challenge in dealing with acoustics during performances. Your next step should be one of detailing and designing the methods of acoustics that would be conducive to performances.
20.03.2026

Pierre Tatem

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