In the future we will be increasingly often obliged to deal with building fabric from the 1960s and 1970s that no longer meets present-day functional and technical requirements. This specific case is a theater building in Zürich Nord in need of refurbishment that required a further 700 seats and a larger foyer area to operate on a cost-effective basis. This specific case is a theater building in Zurich North in need of refurbishment that required a further 700 seats and a larger home area to operate on a cost-effective basis.
These programmatic demands together with the specified budget gave us the starting point for radically transforming the existing substance into a contemporary musical theater. These programmatic demands together with the specified budget gave us the starting point for radically transforming the existing material into a contemporary musical theater. By reformulating the commission it proved possible to elegantly remedy the urban deficiencies of the present building. By reformulating the committee it proved possible to remedy the elegantly urban deficiencies of the present building. The new building « cannibalizes » existing elements such as the basement and the fly-tower in order to react in a differentiated way and using a new volume to the different scales of the urban context. The new building “cannibalizes” existing elements such as the basement and the fly-tower in order to react in a differentiated way and using a new volume to the different scales of the urban context.
Ideally, a strong conceptual context develops between the use of a building, its architectural expression and the building costs. Ideally, a strong conceptual context develops between the use of a building, its architectural expression and the building costs. In this particular case the location with its proximity to the Hallenstadion / Trade Fair, the building’s function as a musical theatre and the limited budget offered optimum preconditions for formulating a coherent concept of materials. In this particular case the location with its proximity to the Hallenstadion / Trade Fair, the building’s function as a musical theater and the limited budget offered optimum preconditions for formulating a coherent concept of materials. The intention is to achieve a direct, basic and industrially influenced form of expression. » The intention is to Achieve a direct, basic and industrially influenced form of expression.
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