LANGFANG OPERA HOUSE
Professional Project | International Bidding | Finallist Summer 2008 Group work with David Anderson, Chuan Wang
Bird’s View from Southeast
We call our proposal the Musical Box. The musical box refers to an item, a case, which when opened starts playing music. We conceive this theatre to have a very similar function. During the day the building seems to be calm with all the elements inside the building frame resting peacefully. At night the interior illuminates and the theatres seem to come alive to the outside world. This musical box is configured to be transparent without parent outside boundary. All elements of the program and function are placed within this imaginery boundary of a box or a cube. The cantilevered roof acts as an opened lid to reveal all the moving parts inside.
LU YUAN | Work Samples
The rectangular form of the building is also related to the surrounding building’s architectural forms. Functional concept is to open the building’s main direction towards the lake and to create a visual ending for the plaza on the west side.The building’s program consists of two theaters, two cinemas, a hotel, two large rehearsal rooms and all the ancillary functions for the actors, musicians, staff and the public. Offices and other functions are located around the halls.The front of the house is visually integrated in the lake space, whereas the entry side of the building is designed to act as an ending for the plaza. Nevertheless the visual connection remains on the ground floor.