Site Theatre

Description

COMPETITION

The Site Theatre aims to create a new cultural destination and provide a place for open-air performances to enhance the experience within the landscape. The Site Theatre is a place to engage with the land, the sky and the sea, where performers and audience are both participants and observers while the landscape becomes a natural scenic venue.

BRIEF

This international one-stage architecture ideas competition invites all architecture students, young architects and young professionals with a degree in architecture studies (≤ 40 years old) to develop and submit compelling ideas for the design of a Site Theatre located on a site promontory near the Fortress of Baleal, in Baleal, Peniche, Portugal.

The Baleal Fortress is a significant landmark located within a remarkable place; a powerful natural scenery where the remains of the Fortress rises from the landscape and together with the cliff surfaces eroded by the wind are notable features within this setting.

When generating a vision for an intervention located within such a spectacular place, it is essential that each design proposal emphasises, respects and celebrates the site and existing ruins, while providing visitors with a unique experience.

PROGRAM

To generate a new cultural destination and provide a place for open-air performances to enhance the experience within the landscape. The Site Theatre is a place to engage with the land, the sky and the sea, where performers and audience are both participants and observers while the landscape becomes a natural scenic venue.

SITE THEATRE

Entrance 15 m2
Performance space/s * m2
Outdoor seating * m2
Dressing area w/ private restrooms 20 m2
Cafe 40 m2
Restrooms 20 m2
Storage room 15 m2

* Area to be determined by each participant’s design proposal.

LANDSCAPE/EXTERIOR REQUIREMENTS

Pedestrian path/s

Total area of the Site Theatre to be determined by each participant’s proposal.

Notes:

The overall design of the Site Theatre must be sensitive to the surrounding context. The existing ruins may or may not be included within the Site Theatre design proposal. There are no limitations in height, excavation or extension beyond the cliff edges. Because this is an ideas competition, urban planning and building regulations will not be applied to the design proposal.