we architecture: teatri polski

‘teatri polski’ by we architecture, szczecin, poland images courtesy of we architecture

copenhagen based studio, we architecture has completed a design proposal for ‘teatri polski’ located in szczecin, poland. the focus of the project was to create an open facility that would cater to the people. unlike many theaters which tend to serve a small group of the population, the design aims to be a public place which is as active on both the interior and the exterior.

extending into the garden, the structure delicately balances the coexistence of humanity and nature. double height curtain walls encircle the pavilion and seamlessly connect the functions of the theater to the garden.

fiscal model

two new stages and a restaurant is added to the grounds and joined together with a foyer on a single plane. the architecture was dictated by the site which it cautiously navigates through, wrapping itself around the old trees of the site in order to preserve as much of the original garden as possible.

rendered foyer space 

rendered circulation space

theater

(left) traditional theater build-up (right) teatri polski

(from left to right) the old theater, connecting to the existing stage in oficina, connecting to the new stages, connecting to the new restaurant, the new foyer is connecting all of the new functions

site plan

floor plan / level 0

floor plan / level -1

stage configurations

project info:

type: open competition
 size: 4500 m2 year: 2010
 architectural team: marc jay, julie schmidt-nielsen, nora fossum, søren thiesen, katarzyna nycz, jorge cortes de castro, máté szabó, stella buisan, kristian hindsberg