Video Presentation
This project is a nod to historical outdoor theaters, re-conceptualized through form and motion within the busy city. Formally, there are two interacting systems: a faceted, semi-transparent skin that acts as envelope and provides noise reduction, and a secondary system that provides a partial black box, and becomes volumetric in order to create seating, stage, fly tower, sound booth, speakers, and truss systems for lighting and performers... People get to experience walking under, around, and slipping through and into this system as it follows them throughout the theater. At night, when the theater lights are on, glimpses of the performers, as well as the secondary system, show through to the city.
Incorporated into the secondary system, the moving element of the building both engages with the city, as well as dives into the building itself, carving its motion path through the central core. In its initial position as facade, it acts as marquee during the day. As the performance approaches, it pivots open to become an awning, where theatergoers are able to experience this massive structure above head as they gather and enter the theater. Once people take their seats, this portion of the building performs one last motion, as it raises back to facade and then penetrates the building, rotating into place as it becomes the main stage. The issue of encloser is addressed with 2 layers of the semi-transparent skin, which sandwich the motion element. Depending on the direction of the motion, the opposing slice remains in place.
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