"Nature becomes part of the performance." In China, a one-slope theater was built in the middle of a bamboo forest

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The Chinese studio Group of Architects has completed the construction of the Yada Theater near the city of Yixing (a city near Shanghai in the east of the country).

The architecture of the building is dominated by ceramic and wooden elements, which refers to the bamboo forests of the region and the heritage of pottery production. write Dezeen.

The architects designed the theater as a cultural landmark for the new city of Yangxian Xishan, whose appearance is due to the revival of the rural areas around Yixing.

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The building is surrounded by a hilly landscape including about 400 hectares of bamboo forest and resembles traditional Chinese gardens with a cluster of light single-slope forms broken up by small public courtyards.

The roofs of the building rise upwards, and skylights and full-height glazing fill the interior with light and create huge views of the surrounding landscape.

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A winding road leads to the theater entrance, where a sloping garden crossed by shallow concrete steps leads to a café overlooking the lake.

On the opposite side of the central courtyard is a restaurant and lounge area for visitors, while concrete steps along the lake lead to a path through the woods to the south.

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In the 530-seat audience hall, the natural slope was used to organize seating.

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"As nature becomes part of the performance, the auditorium gives the audience a new and wonderful theatrical experience in an attractive green context," says the studio.

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On the outside, the buildings were faced with a mixture of fluted and plain pale green ceramic tiles between thin strips of aluminum.

 

 

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