On the periphery of Paris there is a small commune called La Cournevue with a population of 43,054 people and with almost 80 different ethnic backgrounds. The complex offers a multiplicity of performance venues at several scales at several levels of mediation for different genres of performances. It brings together various types of performance spaces.Some theatres offer intimate performance spaces and others are intended to be a great shared space big enough for an opera or symphony, and several sizes and shapes in between. The spectrum of theater types, spaces and interactions being provided enlarges the complex, gives it a civic scale. With this complex in the nexus of several communities, I seek to reframe their identities as a whole, which are not only marked by their ethnic traditions and immigration status, in an effort to formulate a wider community which is empowered as a collection of different ethnic backgrounds that has a place of cultural connection, a place of exchange, where all subjectivities combine to find a new one.
So to visually connect the central area of the project to the surrounding space, a new pedestrian road cuts the plot in half
There is a colonnade surrounding the building, which acts as a soft barrier with the outside and creates an intimate setting for the buildings it encloses.
The public space activates the ground floor and creates a space of convergence for the otherwise segregated communities.
The frontal space seen on the first floor is rent-free, meaning it gives people a particular freedom be used for expressions like urban body-based performances.
The particular feature of the building is its defiance of the typical actor-viewer rolesThe entirety of the interior space is predicated on a fluid and constant spectator to performer relationship.
The building operates not only during the day but at night as well, following the tradition of a typical theater, which reserves the day for rehearsals and the night for performances, reaching its alm
There comes a need for a space where one can have controlled acoustics and smaller recording rooms which focuses on online performances using new media and the internet to outreach a global community.
Some of the great moments of a theater space happens in it’s bar and restaurant. Providing the complex with a space for the public to socialize and relax.
The mixed-use nature of the building allows for a class for set making to take place at the wood workshop while an aerial spectacle is going on at the stage.
