Modern Colosseum / Cepezed Architects
The Netherlands-based Cepezed Architects were recently appointed by the offices of the Hague Capital of Culture to design a temporary theater. The city strives to be named the European Capital of Culture in 2018, so the architects have created a contemporary version of the Roman Colosseum to become an important icon for the area.
More about the Colosseum after the break.
The theatre, which should accommodate approximately 5000 visitors, will sit in the Malieveld in the Hague, a stretch of lawn measuring ten hectares and positioned along the entrance of the city. Although inspired by most famed Flavian amphitheater, this contemporary theatre’s construction techniques are quite different from its ancestor. The theatre will be constructed using steel scaffolding, and a reproduction of M.C. Escher’s Metamorphosis will be stretched tightly over the frame. Inside, the theatre offers a large performing space for concerts, exhibitions and fairs.
Cepezed Architects’ design provides an opportunity to turn the competition in favor of the Hague for the European Capital of Culture title. The city will be competing against places such as Almere, Utrecht and Maastricht and all will be waiting anxiously to hear the final decision for the title announced in 2013.
As seen on Dexigner.
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scaffolding + fabric = modern Colosseum? what a joke
I was just checking their website and they have some really nice work! But this one! Holy f****! Looks like done by a couple of interns!
This looks fishy…. but like the “lightweightness” feel on a massive building like a coliseum.
There is something about literal graphics on a building that somehow devalues the architecture. It seems so careless to do such a thing on such a LARGE construction. As far as I am concerned, someone just wrapped some nautical-themed bathroom wallpaper around a monster truck tire. Not a good move.
that is all.
This is a captivating design, a marvelous “tent” if you will, especially when one considers that despite it’s size it’s not meant to be permanent. With that in mind one is liberated to have it look less like a structure that must “stand the test of time” and more like a structure that can reflect its time. Wrap it in a painting or newsprint or whatever, it really doesn’t matter if it pleases the eye and invites you in. When we start to seriously address the issue of how large-scale public architecture can join the sustainability movement we’ll be building more structures like this. We’ll be moving away from the idea that all public buildings meant for large numbers of people need to be fixed and permanent. Economic limitations will dictate it.
12:32 PM Jun 30th
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7:50 PM Jun 30th
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