Auditorium
Design and architecture of performance venues, theaters, and spaces for live audiences.
Auditoriums are specialized spaces designed to accommodate audiences for performances, presentations, and cultural events. These venues require careful consideration of acoustics, sightlines, capacity, and the relationship between performers and spectators.
The community explores auditorium design across diverse contexts: converting industrial spaces into theaters, integrating performance venues into cultural landmarks, creating mobile or temporary theater structures, and designing multipurpose venues that serve both entertainment and research functions. Projects range from concert halls nestled in natural landscapes to adaptive reuse projects that breathe new life into existing buildings.
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View all 11 journalscold lab Turns an Underused Corner of Guangzhou's Xinghai Concert Hall into a Seatless Listening Lounge for Dynaudio
In Guangzhou, a 480 m² showroom for Dynaudio treats timber, limestone and felt as acoustic tools, letting a concert hall stay open between performances.
Vidic Grohar Converts a Ljubljana Industrial Hall into a Temporary National Theater
A former 1960s factory in the Litostroj district becomes Slovenia's interim stage, built fast with CLT panels designed to be reused.
Vidic Grohar Converts a Ljubljana Industrial Hall into a Temporary Theater in Ten Months
An abandoned 1960s factory in Slovenia's capital becomes a 361-seat national theater built from reusable CLT panels and recycled materials.
a-works and Kolab Arkitekter Turn Theater Gear into Furniture for an Oslo Foyer
Inside an old chocolate factory, pipe clamps, light filters, and glass racks become a reconfigurable social space for Black Box Theatre.