Kunshan Grand Theater

Inspired by two of the most representative elements of concert halls, the organ and the red curtain, Alain Bony was able to gather all his years of experience in opera houses to create a sculptural intervention. The large tubular structure of organs, that transmits sound and reflects light in a unique way, plays a central role in the theme of the project.

The textured ceiling that covers the plaza which aims to unify the whole building. It was built with metallic stainless-steel plates with three different patterns according to the amount of light that the artist wanted to capture. The choice of a reflective material and the use of color is essential to reinforce the immersion of the user into an infinite perspective.

His design on this project includes not only the architecture itself but also the composition of certain elements of urban furniture as the unique lamps in the plaza which continue with the same concept of the ceiling but condensed in an object that can be replicated along the city to illuminate it in a theatrical way.

The Plaza where the building is located is open to the public space. The city movement resonates through the columns, like air in pipe organs and the building becomes an instrument that follows the rhythm of the environment.

Architect: Cui Kai

Status: Finished

Date: 2018

Location: Kunshan, China

Photo credit: Philippe Ruault