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The Royal Theater Of Copenhagen

General Info

The main concept of the project is based on the unique situation of the playhouse: a building that emerges from the water on the seaside and a brick and wooden box facing the city.

The building is the vision of the relationship between the city, the waterfront, the audience and the actors. The playhouse is the interface place between the outer piazza, the inner foyer and the theaters. In all this melting spaces, the audience is the spectator and the actor, with the water acting as the real scenery.

The Royal Theatre is an open cultural building connected to the society and the city in which it  is built. The dialogue between the city and the building is represented by the intersection of two axes:

  1. The urban axes, connecting Frederikskirken with Amalienborg and a new square under the water –with a new Metro Station- and an underwater connection to the New Opera House.
  2. The water axes, starting at Kvaesthusgade Square on street level, continuous to the New Royal Theater and descends into the underwater square.

    The Royal Theater is designed in a parallel scheme: three Theaters, the Winter-garden, the cafeteria and the open air Theater follow the entrance. The main circulation is on the waterfront, and the offices, workshops and dressing rooms are on the city side.