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Title:
Aalto Theater title Aalto Theater Title false
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Creator:
Aalto, Alvar, 1898-1976 creator Aalto, Alvar, 1898-1976 Creator false
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1898-1976 creator_dates 1898-1976 Creator Dates false
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1959 date 1959 Date false
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1988 date 1988 Date false
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Essen (Germany) location Essen (Germany) Location false
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Modernist style_period Modernist Style Period false
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asymmetry (composition concept) subject asymmetry (composition concept) Subject false
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Essen (Germany) subject Essen (Germany) Subject false
Description:
"The theater is situated on the northeast corner of Essen's central Stadtgarten (city park). Hidden from view under the theater is a 500-space parking garage. The building itself comprises two large interlocking irregular volumes. The central volume encloses the theater and the adjacent public spaces (lobby, bar, etc.), while the lower, wrapping volume contains the theater support services (administration, cafeteria, stage entrances, etc.). One enters the theater through a low, one-story pavilion located at the intersection of the two building volumes, passing through a low, dark, sprawling garderobe space paved in Carrara marble. Upstairs in the lobby, roughly divided into three zones: a sunken lounge, a connecting lounge level at the height of the main theater entrances, and two long, hovering balconies. From the spaces of the lobby one enters the asymmeterically arranged theater. Three curving, white balconies, similar to those of the lobby, project from the rear wall. Throughout the major public spaces much care has been exercised to use Aalto furniture and finishes designed in the 1950s. Aalto light fixtures, lamps leather couches, and curving wooden banquettes are seen in the theater's major public spaces. Aalto's particular sensitivity to surfaces is evoked in such details as the bronze handrails wrapped in strips of leather and the interior entrance doors to the theater, which are upholstered in woven Chinese horsehair." description "The theater is situated on the northeast corner of Essen's central Stadtgarten (city park). Hidden from view under the theater is a 500-space parking garage. The building itself comprises two large interlocking irregular volumes. The central volume encloses the theater and the adjacent public spaces (lobby, bar, etc.), while the lower, wrapping volume contains the theater support services (administration, cafeteria, stage entrances, etc.). One enters the theater through a low, one-story pavilion located at the intersection of the two building volumes, passing through a low, dark, sprawling garderobe space paved in Carrara marble. Upstairs in the lobby, roughly divided into three zones: a sunken lounge, a connecting lounge level at the height of the main theater entrances, and two long, hovering balconies. From the spaces of the lobby one enters the asymmeterically arranged theater. Three curving, white balconies, similar to those of the lobby, project from the rear wall. Throughout the major public spaces much care has been exercised to use Aalto furniture and finishes designed in the 1950s. Aalto light fixtures, lamps leather couches, and curving wooden banquettes are seen in the theater's major public spaces. Aalto's particular sensitivity to surfaces is evoked in such details as the bronze handrails wrapped in strips of leather and the interior entrance doors to the theater, which are upholstered in woven Chinese horsehair." Description false
Information Source:
Pepchinski, Mary. "Interpreting Aalto". Progressive Architecture, 1989, Vol. 70, No. 6, Pp. 94-7. information_source Pepchinski, Mary. "Interpreting Aalto". Progressive Architecture, 1989, Vol. 70, No. 6, Pp. 94-7. Information Source false
Reproduction Date:
2009 reproduction_date 2009 Reproduction Date false
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