HOTA OUTDOOR STAGE

This is a versatile arts and culture venue: a black-box theatre and an amphitheatre with seating and lawn space for 3,500-5,000. Its landscape and attitude are tailored to Gold C oast lifestyle.

The Outdoor Stage is the first realised element of ARM’s HOTA Masterplan. We completed the masterplan in 2013, in partnership with landscape architects TOPOTEK1, and are now realising it in stages.

The masterplan converts ageing cultural infrastructure and redundant commercial buildings into an arts and recreation precinct for Australia’s largest-growing city.

The double-sided building is a black-box theatre with a riverside entrance and a back wall that folds away completely, opening the box out onto the amphitheatre. The back wall is literally an aircraft hangar door a massive horizontal bi-fold that collapses against the ceiling.

With the hangar door closed, the black box is suitable for small performances, rehearsals and functions. In amphitheatre mode, the Outdoor Stage can host major public events from rock concerts to orchestral performances.

CLIENT Gold Coast City Council

COMPLETION 2017

VALUE $38M

LOCATION Gold Coast, QLD

AWARDS National Award Public Architecture

FDG Stanley Award Public Architecture

Commendation Colorbond Award for Steel Architecture he Outdoor Stage is a double-sided building: a blackbox theatre with a riverside entrance and a back wall that folds away completely, opening the box out onto the amphitheatre.

The back wall is literally an aircraft hangar door a massive horizontal bi-fold that collapses against the ceiling. With the hangar door closed, the black box is suitable for small performances, rehearsals and functions.

In amphitheatre mode, the Outdoor Stage can host major public events from rock concerts to orchestral performances. It is supported by carefully considered technology. For outdoor use, the equipment is all externally rated but needs to be easily ad ustable and removeable between performances.