Theatre in Pilsen
Current projects
Basic information
| Customer: | City of Pilsen |
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| Construction site: | Jízdecká Street, Pilsen |
| Investor: | City of Pilsen |
| Architect: | Contemporanea, LDA, Manuel Graca Dias, Egas Jose Vieira, Helika,a.s., Akad.arch. Vladimír Kružík, Ing.arch. Tomáš Lapka |
| General designer: | Helika-Ingem Association, Ing. Petr Jileček |
| Project implementation: | 2009 - 2010 |
| Cost of construction: | 750 mil. Kč |
| Construction time: | 2011 - 2014 |
| Activities implemented: | Provision for exploration and quantity surveying, Design activity, Engineering activities, Operational and user documentation, Interior |
Description
With the construction of a new theatre in the close vicinity of the historic centre of Pilsen it is proposed to enclose the uncompleted block situated between Pobřežní and Jízdecká Streets, Palackého Square and Sady pětatřicátníků. The enclosure and completion of the block in the close vicinity of the historic city centre is the main aim of this urban concept with design criteria specified by the urban plan for the area.
The new theatre will consist of two functionally and structurally interconnected constructions – the theatre building and the operation and services building. The operation building, with its longitudinal axis parallel with Jízdecká Street, provides a barrier protecting the theatre building against the busy city street. The main entrance to theatre in the south facade of the building defines the architecture of the facade of the theatre by gradually changing character and becoming an object of scenography – the sculptural reinterpretation of decorative theatre curtain. The white decorative front of this "curtain" is faced with white terrazzo. The main construction material of the exterior of the building is surface finish concrete coloured in the saturated red colour shade using inorganic pigment (iron oxide red). The five-storey operation building will be housing the service and support areas of the theatre including offices, dressing rooms for the theatre companies and dressing rooms for the theatre operating staff. The operating building is connected with the theatre itself by the basement extending under both the buildings and by the side back stage areas on the ground floor level. Both buildings are also connected by footbridges on all the remaining floor levels. The theatre building consists of two theatres – one large theatre with auditorium for up to 500 spectators and one smaller studio stage with auditorium for about 150 spectators.
In between the two buildings there will be an open space expanding towards Palackého Square and creating a "theatre square" with a sculpture in the centre complementing and accentuating the architectural design of the theatre.
The new theatre will provide stage for four types of theatre companies – drama, musical, opera and ballet.
