Location: Artscape , Cape Town, RSA
Program: Multi-purpose Hall
Client: Architectural Competition
Status: Finalist
Area: 3000sqm

The program for the invited competition was to imagine a multi-purpose hall that is designed specifically for circus performances.

Our design focuses on turning what used to be an introverted activity – watching a show in a windowless theatre box – into an extroverted event that can be experienced from the inside and outside, giving opportunities for the performances to spill out into the urban space.

The Proscenium Arch & Theatre Curtain

Located in a cultural precinct full of concert halls and theatres, the design of the new performance hall distinguishes itself by having a big proscenium arch on the façade to create an outdoor stage, surrounded by a giant wavy theatre curtain that wraps the entire building.  

The translucent ‘theatre curtain’, made of steel mesh panels that are curved in an irregular pleated pattern, is designed to evoke a sense of curiosity and anticipation.