GRREN THEATER

Project idea

The masks have been preserved in Burkina Faso as many people continue to honor those ancestral spirits and spirits of nature. Appear at funerals to observe on behalf of the ancestors.

Project description

The property is located in uagadugu, capital of Burkina Faso, the architectural proposal for this sector is the rehabilitation of the popular theater "Desire Bonogo", carrying out interventions to improve its operation. The main building is located to the north, where we propose a private building that contains the activities necessary for its proper functioning. on the ground floor is the warehouse sector, rooms for technicians, staging workshops, a stage dressing room, the box office and in the southern sector there is a food court. The cdc sector was intervened changing the functions to administrative ones, with archive rooms, libraries, a cultural center located in the great building, among other activities. On the upper floor there is a dressing room area, rehearsal rooms, changing rooms, as well as a laboratory area for a photography studio, audition studio and a conference room. In the southern sector of the main building are located all the workshops intended to teach activities to the inhabitants of the city. At a joint level, it can be accessed in a north-south and east-west direction, linking the theater area with the CDC through a central plaza as a space for circulation, rest, enjoying its geometry. in the northwest sector there is a space for fairs, where citizens can sell their products.

Technical information

THE PROJECT IS BASED ON AN ANALYSIS OF THE ENVIRONMENT, PLANIMETRY AT THE URBAN LEVEL, TOGETHER, PLANTS, FRONTS AND CUTS ON A SCALE AS WELL AS A SERIES OF RENDERS THAT HELP UNDERSTAND THE IDEA