上海保利剧院ShanghaiPolyGrandTheater

POLYGrandTheater,Shanghai,China,2023ARCH576IDesignSeminar:

JapaneseArchitectureGroup8:YuanLiaolJeffAnderson10/12/20232Client:ChinaPolyGroupWhatisPolyGroup?PolygroupisagovernmentownedenterprisewhichspecializesinartandartauctionsinChina.Inrecenthistorytheorganizationhasconstructed39theatersthroughoutChina,severaltimesreachingouttoforeignarchitects.ClientInformationDesignDate:2023CompletionDate:

August2023Architect:TadaoAndoArchitect&AssociatesAssociateArchitect:ArchitecturalDesign&ResearchInstituteofTongiUniversity.InteriorArchitect:BeijingQuinshangArchitecturalOrnamentalEngineeringAcousticDesign:Shanghai-basedZhangKuishengAcousticalDesignandResearchStudio)Contractor:ChinaStateConstructionEngineering4Size:

602,000squarefeetMaterials:Concrete,SteelCost:

700millionyuan($114million)MainProgramSpaces:PerformanceHall,Multifunctionalhall,twoAmphitheaters.SecondaryProgramSpaces:Artgallery,café,restaurant.ProgramandStatisticsSiteContext:Location:JiadingDistrict,Shanghai,ChinaAdjacenttoYuanxiangLake,innewJiadingDistrict.ThetheaterisintendedtobeanewculturaloutletforJiading,adistrict12milesfromShanghaiwhichisquicklydeveloping.“RatherthanexpressingthroughitsexteriortheenergyofShanghai,the‘magicalcityoftheOrient,’thebuildingaimstocapturethisdynamismwithinitsinternalspaces.”–TadaoAndoDesignConceptAdeceptivelySimple330-by-330-by-113-footboxconcealsacomplexdiagrammaticplananddynamicspatialflow.Fivetubesacttosubtractfromthemassofthelargerstructure,eachwithauniquefunction.Thetubesacttoconnectinteriorspacesaswellasmakeconnectionstothesiteviaoutdoorspaces.ConceptModels111213141516LobbyThetubeelementsarepaintedsteelstructureswhichareindependentofthesurroundingconcretestructuralsystemandareintendedtosuggestthetextureandcolorofwood.EntryLobbyRedFoyerThefoyertubeconnectswiththelobby(seenright),aswellasthecoveredterrace(ahead).LightBlueFoyer,lookingtowardterraceFoyerFromConnectingTubeBlue(YellowEnd)MainTheaterDarkBlueMainTheaterMultifunction