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Jinan Opera, with Paul Andreu
On the western extremity of Jinan is the city’s station on the Beijing–Shanghai high-speed train line. It is as part of the development of this neighbourhood that the project of a new, three-theatre cultural complex was planned.
Our proposal was to install the theatres in an arrangement of three separate volumes to one side of a central landscaped plaza, overlooked from the other side by three towers. This ensemble lies along the major thoroughfare through the area.
For the local authorities this composition represented three mountains above as many springs – the greatest possible feng shui, and a wonderful Chinese portrait of Jinan and its region, the Shandong.
Status
Completed October 2013
Location
Jinan / China
Client
Construction & Investment Co., Ltd pour Jinan West District
Programme
1600-seat opera + 1500-seat concert hall + 500-seat theatre + 60,000 m² shopping mall
Area
72.000 m²
Cost
143 M€
Lead consultant
Paul Andreu architecte paris
Associate architect
Richez_Associés
BIAD (Beijing Institute of Architectural Design)
Stage designer
dUCKS scéno
Acoustical engineer
Kahle Acoustics
Awards
Palmarès AFEX 2014
Photographer
Philippe Ruault
