This project engages the demands of precedent, program, site, and creative direction in the design of a small, floating theater for the performing arts to be located in the harbor of Genova. As stated, the theater structure will be mobile, floating on a buoyant hull, enabling it to move to various locations about the port. The floating theater finds historical precedent in the form of "Teatro del Mondo," created by architect Aldo Rossi for the Venice Biennal in 1979. This small theater navigated the basin surrounding Venice and served as a moving benue for the productions mounted there. The project inquiry also resides with the larger historical context of small theater design found in Italy.
Below is an image of Aldo Rossi's Teatro del Mondo.
Each student developed a design proposal for the small floating theater based on a program including stage area, backstage, and circulation space. The LArch students also created an extensive site plan exploring possible locations and solutions for viewing areas.
Schematic drawing of the proposed theater location, in the harbor near the Porto Franco area.
Aerial view of the proposed seating area, with the approximate location of the theater marked by the white circle.
The seating area made use of some of the already established cements structures in the port area, and the existing patterns of circulation. The majority of the seating would float, like the theater, in a semicircle enveloping the theater. The plan provided for maximum seating with minimal disturbance of the existing surroundings, and even made provisions for natural materials that would blend with the lines of palm trees that dot the port area.
Below are a few examples of individual proposals for the floating theater itself.
MARIANA
SHANA
MASON
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