Schauspielhaus Zürich
The starting point is a narrow block occupied by an old, protected boat building shed. This area is influenced by many different uses with partially common but diverse interests. For us, this tightly shared space of so many uses and users is a great advantage for creating an interesting building. It should at the same time be a living place that grows whilst changing this part of Zurich, which owes its identity to industrial architecture and in which the linearity and repetition of industrial work is reflected. The boat building shed is integrated into the project, the great new roof embraces the present boat shed roof; the space between the roofs is used as a service area for ventilation, soundproofing, darkening and sign writing. The roof has an iconographic significance that tends to conceal and reveal heterogeneous pieces, it is only a classical gable roof from a distance. On approach, one perceives a photographic image over the great concrete roofing and the part of the wall that hangs down. It is a life-size display of the Pfauentheater proscenium arch and tells us that the stage is reproduced in a sculptural form inside the building.
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