PERFORMING PLATFORM / an experimental theater

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LOCATION

'Performing Platform' is a cultural and artistic platform located on a steep land near the University Of Balamand campus in North Lebanon.

PROGRAM

The project consists in a classical theater building, an experimental one ( 9 cubes of 9x9x8m each ) and their common service facilities.

CONCEPT

The concept adopted was to create a mobile artistic hub that allows the functions to operate separately as well as in a merged state, thus creating a third form of "theater" that brings the two separate ones together in a dynamic variation.

The structural steel platform -other than providing shade to the site underneath it by the rotated blades- is used as an extension to the theater units. The models, while in use, can move up to the surface as a symbol indicating an ongoing event taking place.

When no events are taking place, the horizontal platform is then used as a public square, overlooking the diverse landscapes of the area.

Supported diagrams below explain the mecanism and different combinations of the project//

Please refer to a previously posted project "Experiment -ing scenography", for a developed vision of the interiority of the experimental theater space//

COMPOSITION DIAGRAM

LEGEND

EXPERIMENTAL THEATER

CLASSICAL THEATER

CIRCULATIONS

FACILITIES AND SERVICES ( ARTIST'S CABIN, CAFETERIA, REPETITION SPACE)

FLOOR PLAN LEVEL +14.00

FLOOR PLAN LEVEL +8.00

UNDERGROUND FLOOR PLAN

SECTION aa

SECTION bb

MERGING THEATERS DIAGRAM

Both theaters, the classical and the experimental , benefit from a sliding mecanism allowing them to function separately, or to merge onto a new set combination that would accomodate any type of artistic performance, adapting the space to the requirements of the artist.

The combined set is a modulable structure.

COMBINATION DIAGRAMS-for the experimental theater

ENTRANCE ELEVATION

SIDE ELEVATION

All the facilities that serve the theaters ( storage , hoist, services ) are on a vertical mecanical rail system that insures their syncronization with the moving functions.