Academic Architecture

MIRRIEDGE

The Gleam Within — Opera House

Period

Academic project

Location

Xi'an Chanba, China

Role

Individual design

Status

Academic / Unbuilt

Project premise

The building is conceived as a restrained solid whose inner life appears through changing light and reflective edges.

A performing arts centre shaped by light, reflection, iridescent ceramic surfaces and the movement of different audiences.

Type

Opera house / Performing arts

Concept

Light, shadow and iridescence

Circulation

Audience / Performer / Service

Scope

Concept through technical study

Selected project material