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In the hierarchy of needs, access to cultural venues and events doesn't feature at the top. At least, it shouldn't. As much as the cinema, museum and theatre feature in my life, I'm all for people being housed properly first. What's the point of seeing Chekov if you don't have a decent roof over your head? And yet...
The Covid-19 lockdown and ongoing public-safety restrictions mean that the arts sector is in a crisis. Emergency funding from government is welcome, but this clearly isn't sustainable. What's the future of the cultural venue? How will it, or can it, adapt? And where does this leave architects in terms of cultural commissions?
Simon Keane-Cowell, Editor-in-Chief
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Art house: new cultural venues
Photo: Amores Pictures
Can we live without culture? Or is it simply a nice-to-have? The recent lockdown and its attendant closing of venues has demonstrated how critical it is to who we are as a society. And the extent to which architecture mediates it.
Theatre design asks architects to consider a number of questions, one of the most important of which is the relationship between performer and audience. Here, we raise the curtain on five new projects that provide some cogent answers.
The Shed is a nonprofit cultural organisation that commissions, develops, and presents original works of art, across all disciplines, for all audiences. The Shed’s Bloomberg Building by lead architect Diller Scofidio + Renfro and collaborating architect Rockwell Group, can physically transform to support artists’ most ambitious ideas.
Studio Seilern Architects is a London-based international creative practice established in 2006 by Christina Seilern who produce exceptional architecture that lasts, working across geographies, building sizes and typologies. Their diverse portfolio of built work spans the UK, Europe, North Africa and the Middle East.
