Shanghai Hongqiao Performing Arts Center

BAU
26. junio 2019
Photo: Shu He
Project: Shanghai Hongqiao Performing Arts Center, 2016
Location: 888 Tianshan Road, Changning District, Shanghai, China 
Client: Shanghai Changning Cultural Bureau Construction 
Program: 1000-seat theatre + support rooms, seven cinemas (264 seat, 2-172 seat, 105 seat, 2-95 seat, 44 seat), two cafes, offices, underground parking
Architect: BAU (Brearley Architects & Urbanists)
  • BAU Architecture Team:  Architecture Team: James Brearley, Steve Whitford, Jiang Han, Luo Huaili, Liu Shuai, Song Hui, Yang Qing’an, Xia Wen, Emma Rytoft, Rong Yu, Li Fuming 
  • BAU Landscape Team: Robin Armstrong, Luo Li, Liang Yongqing, Chen Qi  
Contractor: Jiangsu Guangyu Construction Group 
Documenting Architect and Engineer: Qingdao Times Architectural Design Co., Ltd 
Interior Architect: BAU + Shanghai Jianke Architectural Design Institute Co., Ltd 
Acoustic Design & Consultant: Shanghai Research Institute of Building Science Group 
Theater Stage Tech: Zhejiang Dafeng Industry Co., Ltd. 
Cinema Tech: Shanghai Paradise CineTech Co., Ltd.
Sustainability Accreditation: China MOHURD 2 Green Stars  
Area: 14,300 m2
Photo: Shu He
Exposure to Difference

This project includes both traditional and modern programs of mass entertainment: theatre (1000 seats) and cinema (seven of various capacities). Usually seen as separate programs and increasingly supported by distinctly different user groups, this project presents the opportunity for the two different programs and variable patrons to engage. Articulating the programs as separate objects and linking them via an enclosed plaza creates an in-between-space in which the differences between the programs are enhanced, the potential for cross-patronage is maximized, and cross-fertilization between the performing arts is encouraged.

Photo: Shu He
An Assemblage of Difference

The theatre is developed as a stone monolith (a traditional material for a traditional program) with rounded articulation and a theatrical staircase. The cinemas are an ensemble of stacked metal boxes (a 20th Century material for a 20th Century program), the largest of which is suspended above the street corner. The enclosed plaza or mixing-lobby has ticket offices, café, flexible exhibition and event space, and open views to the external plaza and streetscape, also designed by BAU. 

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