The Qiantan area, also known as The New Bund, is in rapid development and on track to become Shanghai’s next business district, after Lujiazui. Situated along the bank of the Huangpu River, amongst a cluster of shiny new skyscrapers, the New Bund 31 Performing Arts Center houses a grand theater and a black box performance space, well positioned to become an architectural landmark and cultural destination for the community.
Neri&Hu’s interior design concept for the project is “the arena”, a contemporary interpretation of the classical archetype. The grand theater, its lobby, concourse, and the circulation paths encircling it are all defined by a series of arches. A strong impression is made in the five-story atrium space, where the full height of stacked layers of arches can be viewed. From any given position, your eye is drawn up and down, across the spaces; visitors take on a duality of roles – both observer and performer – such that the atrium itself becomes another stage. Within the 2.500-seat grand theater, warm oak envelops the entire theater performance hall, the repeating arch motif here not only echoes the arena concept, but also helps to fulfill the acoustic requirements of the theater.
Lyndon Neri & Rossana Hu
Architecture
Neri&Hu Design and Research Office; Lyndon Neri, Rossana Hu, Ziyi Cao, Christine Chang, Fong Win Huang, Chaofu Yeh, Siyu Chen, Sela Lim, Alexander Goh, Kate Hwang, Nicolas Fardet, Kany Liu, Ath Supornchai, Greg Wu, Becky Zhang, Luna Hong, Elan Tao, Zhikang Wang, Jingyi Bi, Guanlin Lee, Kathy Hu, Jinlong Li, Danyan Jin, Cheri Lee, Shiqi Zhang, Davis Butner, Vanessa Wu, Elis Huang
Client
Private
Year of completion
2023
Location
Shanghai, China
Total area
17.580 m2
Photos
Pedro Pegenaute
Project Partners
Consultants
Architect: Palmer & Turner Consultants
Curtain Wall Consultant: Shanghai Zhulian Construction Engineering Co., Ltd.
Structural Consultant: Arup
MEP Consultant: China Team Engineering Consulting Co., Ltd., Shanghai Branch
Landscape Consultant: East China Architectural Design & Research Institute
Construction PM: AECOM Ltd
Theater Planning & Design: Theatre Projects
Theater PM: Le Group
LDI: Shanghai TIANHUA Architecture Planning & Engineering Ltd.
Acoustic Consultant: SMW (Shanghai) Business Consulting Co., Ltd.
Art Consultant: Art Front Consultant (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
Interior LDI: Shanghai Modern Architectural Decoration Environmental Design Research Institute Co., Ltd.
Interior Lighting: Branston Partnership Inc.
Kitchen Consultant: CKP Kitchen Design Consultant Co., Ltd.
Signage Consultant: Shanghai Saichi Logo Design Engineering Co., Ltd.
QS: Arcadis
Contractors
General Contractor (GC): Shanghai Construction No.4 (Group) Co., Ltd.
Curtain Wall: Wuxi Hengshang Decoration Engineering Co., Ltd.
Hall A Interior: Shanghai Dahua Decoration Engineering Co., Ltd.
Hall B Interior: Shanghai Construction Decoration (Group) Co., Ltd.
Theater and Hall B Chairs Including Stage Equipment: Dafeng Industrial Co., Ltd.
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