Description • Architects: Paul Andreu, François Tamisier, Hervé Langlais, Mario Flory, Olivia Faury, Serge Carillon.
• Design: Paul Andreu Architect associated with ADPi.
• Client: BIAD - The Grand National Theater Committee.
• Project Manager: Felipe Starling.
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• Its shape like an ellipsoid dome of titanium and glass surrounded by an artificial lake, seats 5,452 people in three halls and is almost 12,000 m² in size.
• Construction inaugurated with a concert in December 2007.
• Ground dimension: 212.20 m x 146.64 m.
• Cost: 300 Millions € or ¥ 3.2 billion CNY. The initial plan was 2.688 billion Renminbi.
• About the huge cost: The cost increased due to delay for reevaluation and subsequent minor changes in it as precaution after a Paris airport terminal building collapsed. This was source of controversy because many believed nearly impossible to recover the investment. After calculation, each seat is worthed about ¥ half a million CNY. An answer of Chinese goverment although was, the construction of theater to be not a profit venture. The maintenance costs actually are very high though but this is not to be make the selling tickets at high price.
• One of biggest dome for such activities in world.
• The National Centre for the Performing Arts is separated from the Tian An Men Square by The Great Hall.
• The building houses:
- opera house of 2416 seats,
- concert hall of 2017 seats,
- 2 theatres (one of 1040 seats) included in a titanium and glass shell which houses the public space.
• The glass shell of one of them opens like a curtain which moves away showing the interior of the theatres, exhibition and public spaces. The titanium in opposite protect and cover, creating some shadows' areas more discret.
• Its concept: National Centre for the Performing Arts is a cultural island in the middle of a lake, says architect coordinator.
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