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OF THE GREEK THEATER IN THE “TROIS- RIVI?RES”
Located in an open site, the amphitheater has no single front fagade .
Symmetry was used as a geometric strategy to address its context, in the
principle of Palladio’s Villa Rotonda, Eight slender steel columns, 850 mm
in diameter, 26 meters high, give the roof a stately while open appearance,
with crossing views on the Saint-Maurice River through the auditorium.
Red and black express its function. The fly tower, an expansive space
facing des Draveurs Avenue leading to the amphitheater, is clad with
aluminum vertical panel painted in three tones of red. The roof soffit, in a
last minute decision, was painted a bright red. At night, it turns into a
glowing inverted curtain, lit by recessed projectors at the base of the silver
painted columns.
The amphitheater is being used as a cultural summer venue operating from
May to September. It has the capability to present high capacity live shows
that attract large audiences as well as more intimate presentations like to
local symphonic orchestra or the jazz festival.
During the winter months, a monumental thermal door closes the stage
opening. Interior spaces can thus host exhibits, public meetings and a
winter programming for a capacity of 700.