{"id":19529,"date":"2019-11-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-11T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.designdiffusion.com\/2019\/11\/12\/shanghai-grand-opera-house\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T15:25:42","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T13:25:42","slug":"shanghai-grand-opera-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/designdiffusion.com\/en\/2019\/11\/12\/shanghai-grand-opera-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Shanghai Grand Opera House"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Sn\u00f8hetta designs the Grand Opera House in Shanghai and strengthens the cultural identity of the city<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_128773\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-128773\" style=\"width: 840px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-128772\" src=\"https:\/\/www.designdiffusion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/2016299_OS_N54_publication-1024x524.jpg\" alt=\"gran-opera-house-shanghai-snohetta\" width=\"840\" height=\"430\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-128773\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Grand Opera House, Shanghai<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>A new public space for social and cultural life in Shanghai<\/h3>\n<p>Following an international competition, <a href=\"https:\/\/snohetta.com\/\">Sn\u00f8hetta<\/a> has been commissioned to design the Shanghai <strong>Grand Opera House<\/strong>. The building is conceived as a public and open place that harmonizes with the surrounding landscape. The roof is characterized by a spiral staircase that, with its radial movements, reaches the ground. Not only is the roof a transitional element but it also acts as a further stage hosting events and meetings 24\/7.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-128774\" src=\"https:\/\/www.designdiffusion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/2016299_OS_N46_publication.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"731\" height=\"800\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This spiraling movement continues throughout the theater: in the foyer, in the halls and in the three auditoriums \u2013 the first with 2,000 seats, with cutting-edge technical and acoustic solutions, the second seating 1,200 people and the third 1,000, offering a flexible seating arrangement for experimental performances.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-128776\" src=\"https:\/\/www.designdiffusion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/2016299_OS_N49_publication.jpg\" alt=\"gran-opera-house-shanghai-snohetta\" width=\"671\" height=\"800\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kjetil Tr\u00e6dal Thorsen<\/strong>, co-founder of <strong><a href=\"\/?p=90805\">Sn\u00f8hetta<\/a><\/strong>, explained that \u201cthe Shanghai Grand Opera House is a natural progression of our previous work with designing performing arts centers. It is a culmination of the competence and insight gained through projects such as the <strong>Norwegian National Opera and Ballet<\/strong>, <strong>Busan Opera House in South Korea<\/strong>, <strong>Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts in Canada<\/strong>, and <strong>Th\u00e9\u00e2tre Nanterre-Amandiers renovation in Paris<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-128778\" src=\"https:\/\/www.designdiffusion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/2016299_OS_N52_publication.jpg\" alt=\"grand-opera-house-shanghai-snohetta\" width=\"659\" height=\"800\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For the ongoing project, which will be completed in 2023, the practice teams up with Shanghai-based <a href=\"https:\/\/members.ctbuh.org\/ecadi\">ECADI \u2013 East China Architectural Design &amp; Research Institute<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Discover the special sections <strong>Salone del Mobile Milano Shanghai and Design from Japan<\/strong> in DDN #251 \u2013 Browse the preview\u00a0<a href=\"\/?p=128575\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Click <a href=\"\/?p=128407\">here<\/a> to read our interview with architect <strong>Weichen Zhong<\/strong> <strong>from Shanghai,<\/strong> with whom we discussed the evolution of design in China.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-128780\" src=\"https:\/\/www.designdiffusion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/2016299_OS_N53_publication-745x1024.jpg\" alt=\"grand-opera-house-shanghai-snohetta\" width=\"745\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sn\u00f8hetta designs the Grand Opera House in Shanghai and strengthens the cultural identity of the city A new public space for social and cultural life in Shanghai Following an international competition, Sn\u00f8hetta has been commissioned to design the Shanghai Grand Opera House. The building is conceived as a public and open place that harmonizes with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17126,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[325],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-architecture"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Shanghai Grand Opera House - Design Diffusion<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Sn\u00f8hetta designs the Grand Opera House in Shanghai. 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