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OF THE GREEK THEATER IN THE “TROIS- RIVI?RES”
The project is the result of an open and anonymous architectural
competition to design a new 10,000 seat outdoor summer amphitheater for
the city of Trois-Rivieres, Quebec.
The competition challenged architects to propose a landmark design of an
international scope, comparable to the Sydney Opera House fronting the
water.
After the closing of the tripap paper mill in 2000 located on a site between
the historic downtown and the waterfront, the city of trios- Rivieres cleared
the abandoned industrial site to make way for a new urban redevelopment
project called trios- rivieres – sur – le- saint- laurent.
The site, at the junction of the saint- Lawrence and saint- Maurice rivers,
was to give the population regained access to the waterfront.
The quality of the location, in connection with the Harborfront Park, the
downtown streets, the Saint-Lawrence River and Saint-Quentin Island,
called for a grand gesture. The project’s centerpiece is a new outdoor
10,000 seat summer amphitheater.
The challenge was to create a landmark with an initial 34 M$ budget. In
order to achieve this, the architectural parti exploited a fundamental core
element of the program: a roof that protects the public from the rain.
Intended in the program as a low element, limited to the fixed seating area,
it was raised at the level of the fly tower to embrace it and extended
beyond its initial limits to form an 80 x 90 meter rectangle on the horizon.
To make it appear as thin as possible, the sides taper to terminate with a
bent 6.4 mm thick galvanized steel plate. At its central area, the roof is 6
meters thick, housing catwalks that give access to technical galleries for
stage equipment and lighting.