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Giving the
spectators a pulsating and exceptional experience, Stufish Entertainment
Architects continue to explore the thematic of traditional Chinese symbolism to
mount the Franco Dragone Water Show...
The new Han Show
Theatre in Wuhan, China creates the perfect armature for the Franco Dragone
production it has been specifically designed to accommodate. From the external
symbolism of a Chinese lantern through to the design of the internal theatrical
space, each facet of the project is one piece of the complete jigsaw.
Stufish wanted
to create an instantly recognisable Chinese symbol that would provide an aesthetic
cladding to the theatre's auditorium and fly tower. The lantern itself is
designed to work at many scales. From distant views from across the lake it can
be read as a simple symbolic form. Up
close the lantern surface is created from thousands of disks each of which is
lit both inside and out. Inside the theatre lobby space, the glazed roof of the
atrium looks up into the 56m high lantern structure.
The façade of
the theatre is assembled from eight 'bicycle' wheels with hundreds of spokes
that connect it to the main drum of the theatre. The wheels support a mesh with 25,000 steel
disks - the detailing of which was inspired by the Chinese bi disks - an
historic Chinese object symbolising skyward ambition and the heavens - an
external symbol of what the audience will discover in the water show.
The show will
feature audience seats that move to reveal an 8m deep swimming pool and the
largest ever movable LED screens. The
technical apparatus will form an astonishing armature for Franco Dragone's
creative genius.
The building
opened 20 December 2014
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