JLCG Arquitectos
Post By:Kitticoon Poopong
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| Photo © Courtesy of FG+SG – Fernando Guerra, Sergio Guerra |
Poitiers: Building a theatre and an auditorium
Deciding what is essential in a given programme for a given place should be the primary objective of every single architecture project – and nothing else. This may be even more valid when a public building is concerned, as it involves a strong and vibrant interaction with the city as “work in progress”.
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| Photo © Courtesy of FG+SG – Fernando Guerra, Sergio Guerra |
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| Photo © Courtesy of FG+SG – Fernando Guerra, Sergio Guerra |
As Simple as Possible
The limestone platform open to the public ensures a spatial continuity with the city and a material homogeneity with the surroundings. Slightly suspended above it lie the parallelepiped volumes of the building, covered with white matt glass. This double skin – concrete/glass – was the only “luxury” we indulged in, for it works as a medium and allows mutations in the building exterior – of color, light, image… on the inside, the possibility of communication.
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| Photo © Courtesy of FG+SG – Fernando Guerra, Sergio Guerra |
The Auditorium
Designing a hall exclusively dedicated to music contributed to an optimal acoustic and architectural result.
The typological shape of the hall is that of a shoebox, a large rectangular space with a flat seating area. This model – a typology inherited from 19th century theatres that is an almost forgotten option nowadays, with the growing popularity of multipurpose halls – guarantees the quality and homogeneity of musical performance, as its shape suppresses primary and fragmented sound absorption (usually caused by sloping seating areas).
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| Photo © Courtesy of FG+SG – Fernando Guerra, Sergio Guerra |
On the interior, leaning walls made of wood are detached from the container’s surface, producing a unitary space that incorporates both stage and orchestra. Their slightly round shape, dictated by acoustics, and their bright texture create a structure that contrasts with the container’s darker and more rigid forms.
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| Photo © Courtesy of FG+SG – Fernando Guerra, Sergio Guerra |
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| Photo © Courtesy of FG+SG – Fernando Guerra, Sergio Guerra |
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| Photo © Courtesy of FG+SG – Fernando Guerra, Sergio Guerra |
The Theatre
The theatre hall was meant to be extremely versatile and “performant”, in order to allow different kinds of productions and events to take place.
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| Photo © Courtesy of FG+SG – Fernando Guerra, Sergio Guerra |
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| Photo © Courtesy of FG+SG – Fernando Guerra, Sergio Guerra |
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| Photo © Courtesy of FG+SG – Fernando Guerra, Sergio Guerra |
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| Photo © Courtesy of FG+SG – Fernando Guerra, Sergio Guerra |
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| Photo © Courtesy of FG+SG – Fernando Guerra, Sergio Guerra |
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| site plan--drawing Courtesy of JLCG Arquitectos |
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| ground floor plan--drawing Courtesy of JLCG Arquitectos |
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| basement floor plan--drawing Courtesy of JLCG Arquitectos |
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| elevation--drawing Courtesy of JLCG Arquitectos |
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| section 01--drawing Courtesy of JLCG Arquitectos |
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| section 02--drawing Courtesy of JLCG Arquitectos |
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| section 03--drawing Courtesy of JLCG Arquitectos |
The people
Architects: João Luís Carrilho da GraçaLocation: Poitiers, France
Project Team: Giulia de Appolonia, João Trindade, Nicola Marchi, Giorgio Santagostino, João Manuel Alves, Mónica Margarido, Tiago Castela, architects; Miguel Casal Ribeiro, Emanuel Romão, junior architects (project design) Tiago Castela, João Manuel Alves, Marcos Roque, Susana Rato, Ana Lobo Martins, Paulo Costa, Miguel Costa, Inês Vieira da Silva, Inês Cortesão, Pedro Teixeira de Melo, Joanna Malitzki, Filipe Homem, architects; Paula Miranda, Frederique Petit, Elena Miret, Julieta Cunha, Emanuel Romão, Natacha Viveiros, Pedro Homem, Rui Sabino de Sousa, Annette Goehringer, junior architects (construction) Francisco Freire, Filipe Homem, Ana Lobo Martins, Frederico Santos, Sylvain Grasset, Raquel Morais, Andreia de Sá, architects; Nuno Pinto, graphic
Operation Architect: Hervé Beaudouin
Landscape: GLOBAL – João Gomes da Silva
Graphic Design: P-06 ATELIER, Nuno Gusmão
Structural Engineering: DL Structures
Acoustics: COMMINS ACOUSTICS WORKSHOP – Daniel Commins
Scenography: Scéne, Jean-Hugues Manoury, Dominique Borlot
Electrical & Plumbing Planning: Yac Ingénierie / William Gaudais
Project Area: 32,000 sqm
Budget: 45,000,000 €
Project Year: 2000-2008
Photographs: FG+SG – Fernando Guerra, Sergio Guerra
via:archdaily
