Enclosed within a six-metre-high wall, the cultural centre evokes ideas of a medieval castle complex, at the heart of which is a theatre. The complex is rounded off by an 18-metre-high fly tower and a flat, lower tract containing dressing rooms for performers as well as administrative areas.
Some 1.2 million hand-formed bricks were required for the facade cladding, and their dark coloration plays an important role in the project, lending the structure its solid appearance. This new cultural institution hosts not just stage perform-ances, but also concerts, exhibitions, conferences and workshops. It was the brainchild
of Jerzy Limon, the current director, who was also the initiator of the Theatrum Gedanense Foundation in the 1990s and who organized the competition for the present theatre.
A site was acquired in the centre of Gda?sk where the fencing school once stood. Here, in the 17th century, the first performances of Shakespeare in continental Europe were given. The special feature of the project is the roof structure – consisting of two sloping planes and weighing 90 tonnes – which can be opened within three minutes. As a result of this, it is now possible to give open-air per-formances of Shakespeare.
Some 1.2 million hand-formed bricks were required for the facade cladding, and their dark coloration plays an important role in the project, lending the structure its solid appearance. This new cultural institution hosts not just stage perform-ances, but also concerts, exhibitions, conferences and workshops. It was the brainchild
of Jerzy Limon, the current director, who was also the initiator of the Theatrum Gedanense Foundation in the 1990s and who organized the competition for the present theatre.
A site was acquired in the centre of Gda?sk where the fencing school once stood. Here, in the 17th century, the first performances of Shakespeare in continental Europe were given. The special feature of the project is the roof structure – consisting of two sloping planes and weighing 90 tonnes – which can be opened within three minutes. As a result of this, it is now possible to give open-air per-formances of Shakespeare.