Tbilisi Music Theatre and Exhibition Hall, Georgia
Architects Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas designed the cultural complex. The project site is located inside the green area called Rhike Park, in Tbilisi, Georgia. The €40 million building comprises a pair of flared, tubular structures clad in a tessellated pattern of steel and glass panels. The two volumes are connected as a unique body at the 13-meter-high retaining wall. Every shape has its own function: The Musical Theatre and the Exhibition Hall.
The north part of the building contains the Musical Theatre Hall (566 seats), the foyer, and several facilities, together with technical spaces for theatre machinery and various storages. The Exhibition Hall opens its great entrance with a ramp that brings visitors from the street level. The Music Theatre Hall, on the contrary, soars from the ground and allows the users staying in the foyer and in the cafeteria to have a view of the river and the skyline of the city. It is a periscope to the city and looks towards the river framing the historic core of Old Tbilisi.
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