Kimberly Tan

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Every part of the auditorium plays a significant role in achieving a quality opera performance; this ranges from technical aspects of stage lighting, acoustic performance, set rigging, and back-of-house management to the more poetic attributes of the overall environment and atmosphere of the space. The auditorium intends to heighten user experience and drama in the performance through ephemeral flooding, reflecting the key project themes. The auditorium design ties back to the five key concepts of Opera as a Garden, Ruin and Seasonality, Interstice and Threshold, Reclamation and Regeneration, and Redefining Boundaries of Use.

Opera as a Garden

Inside the Auditorium, we arrive at the opening, where we attempt to redefine the boundaries of use between the stage and seating, and, performer and audience relationship.

The auditorium stage extends from the inside the auditorium and out into the garden. The stage blurs the boundaries between interior and exterior and allows for dual use. This connects to the concept of seasonality. Performances can be held indoors with the audience seated towards the garden. With the bifold doors, we can open up the space into the garden and the garden could then become a natural backdrop for a performance.

Interior Perspective

The interior perspective shows the openness of the opera and how nature bleeds into the spaces. By weaving humans and nature together, it encourages an ecological embrace and allows nature to coexist in a space, creating a blended architecture instead of eliminating the elements.

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