Location | Bahnhofstrasse, Lucerne |
Client | City of Lucerne |
COMMISSION | TWO STAGE Anonymus Project COMPETITION 2022, RANKING AMONG THE 12 FINALISTS |
Architects | GRABER & STEIGER ARCHITEKTEN |
Consultants | STRUCTURAL ENGINEER: ZPF Structure AG, PROJECT MANAGER: Perita AG, MECHANICAL ENGINEER: IPB Ingenieurbüro, ELECTRICAL ENGINEER: SCHERLER AG, BUILDING PHYSICIST: MEP AG |
The design is triggered by contemporary theater concepts and the unique context. As a vibrant, urban stage, the new theater building is situated in the "cultural axis" along the lake and Reuss banks, which extends from the Richard Wagner Museum via the KKL, the Jesuit Church, the Old University or the Natural History Museum to the St. Karl Church in the direction of Lucerne North. Also in the north-south direction, the axis from the Old Town via the Town Hall Stairs, the Reusssteg, the Buobenmatt Passage into the Neustadt is occupied by a new urban landmark. The theater acts as a distinctive intersection of highly pblic urban axis. The building can be passed through its very heart via an open passage that linkes it directly to the circulation net of the city. The permeable building becomes approachable, arises curiosity and invites everyone to enter at any time. The theater so to speak feels the pulse of the city and influences its rhythm. What is valid for the various venues and halls in terms of flexibility and wallability, distinguishes the building as a whole. The spatial organization of the new building is designed as a permeable setting that welcomes and fosters contemporary theater concepts. The expression of the building is not developed from pituresque images but directly from structural aspects of program and location.
As a part of “Adda Collective” we are selected to participate in the „Korail Residency 2024“, which is embedded in the “Korail City of Culture” initiative in Dhaka/Bangladsh.
The project „Korail City of Culture“, which focuses on Dhaka's largest informal settlement, is a sustainable urban development initiative supported by the Creative Economy Programme of the Federal Foreign Office in Germany, in collaboration with Goethe-Institut Bangladesh and its local counterpart, Paraa, and international partner, Floating e.V.. The project aims to support cultural practitioners and producers living, working, and playing in Korail in establishing sustainable cultural practices, and to feed this knowledge back into processes of global and local learning and teaching on sustainable urban development.
The projects and works that are developed during the Korail residency program shall be part of the „Maja-Kori“ Design Festival in and around Korail Basti in December 2024.
Adda Collective is a multidisciplinary and mutinational team formed around „Adda Space“ Dhaka/Bangladesh and Graber & Steiger Architects, Lucerne/Switzerland. For further information you may also check Instagram @grabersteiger @adda.dhaka.
Image: Goethe Institute Bangladesh