LEICESTER PERFORMING ARTS CENTREWith Rafael Viñoly’s new Theatre and Performing Arts Centre, stage life in Leicester will certainly never be boring. The Uruguay-born New York-based internationally acclaimed architect has produced a lively coloured, striking design with an unusual concept behind it. In an attempt to produce an intrinsically public, functional space, the whole building is turned inside-out, leaving the key spaces of production, construction, craft and technical components, bare and fully visible even from the street, enveloped in a completely transparent glass-paneled metal-framed skin.
The building features two super-flexible main performance areas that not only have no distinction between front and back, but also unite; forming one single hall, thus adapting each time to the varied community needs. A series of moveable walls and sliding curtains – a clear reference to Leicester’s textile manufacturing history - add to the building’s adaptability, marking the areas for stage, workshops, lobby and reception under a continuous theatrical grid that transforms all spaces into potential hosts of all kinds of theatrical activity. The main auditoria are ringed by a balcony in the upper levels, while on the street level, a public restaurant will attract visitors at all times.
The building features two super-flexible main performance areas that not only have no distinction between front and back, but also unite; forming one single hall, thus adapting each time to the varied community needs. A series of moveable walls and sliding curtains – a clear reference to Leicester’s textile manufacturing history - add to the building’s adaptability, marking the areas for stage, workshops, lobby and reception under a continuous theatrical grid that transforms all spaces into potential hosts of all kinds of theatrical activity. The main auditoria are ringed by a balcony in the upper levels, while on the street level, a public restaurant will attract visitors at all times.
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