Tianjin Grand Theatre

Tianjin Grand Theatre

Tianjin Grand Theater, located in the east of the central symbol area of Tianjin Cultural Center in Hexi District of Tianjin, is the largest cultural venue in Tianjin Cultural Center. Tianjin Grand Theatre is a modernist building, which is mainly designed by GMP of Germany. The new Tianjin Grand Theater was built in 2009 and put into use on April 22, 2012. It has a total construction area of 105000 square meters and can accommodate 3600 audiences. The total cost is 1.533 billion yuan.

The Grand Theater is located in the landmark of Tianjin city, close to the municipal Party committee, municipal government and Tianjin Guest House. The total building area of the Grand Theater is 101800 square meters (220 meters long, 206 meters wide and 45 meters high), including 70000 square meters of building body and 30000 square meters of underground facilities. Three single buildings are located on a 6-meter platform and connected by a big roof. The architectural design unit is German GMP design company, and the stage technology design unit is German kunke company. The project cost is 1.533 billion yuan. The Grand Theater is a comprehensive multi-functional art creation and performance organization, which is composed of Opera Hall, concert hall and small theater. The theatre has a total of 3200 seats, with rehearsal halls on the first and fourth floors. The farthest sight distance of seats in the auditorium is 34.6 meters (7% of seats are over 33 meters), the row spacing of seats is 0.95 meters, and the acoustic index (reverberation variable) is 1.6 seconds in the Opera Hall, 1.9 seconds in the concert hall, and 0.8 seconds in the small theater. The grand theater also has 7000 square meters of Chinese and Western restaurants and ancillary facilities for 700 people to eat at the same time, and 5500 square meters of commercial space under the 6-meter platform, which can be used as an art training and art business site for urban high-end cultural consumers. The Grand Theatre has three VIP halls (175 square meters, 126 square meters and 50 square meters) with about 400 parking spaces. Facing the lake, the Grand Theater creates a spacious public space by using the hydrophilic platform, forming an open "urban stage", which can not only provide citizens with rest and sightseeing, but also meet the needs of outdoor multi-functional performances.

Historical evolution

Tianjin auditorium period

Tianjin auditorium

The predecessor of Tianjin Grand Theater is Tianjin auditorium, which is located at No.24 Youyi Road, Hexi District, Tianjin. Tianjin auditorium is the conference center in the group buildings of Tianjin hotels. It was built in 1959 and completed in 1961. It was designed by Wang Yayuan of Tianjin Industrial Architecture Design Institute of architectural engineering department. With a total construction area of 32700 square meters, it was the largest group hotel and hall building in Tianjin at that time. The architectural style of Tianjin auditorium refers to the design of the Great Hall of the people. It is run by Tianjin government departments. Its main functions are to receive guests, hold various government meetings and general performances. Since its completion, the previous political gatherings such as the Tianjin municipal congress of the Communist Party of China, the Municipal People's Congress and the political association, as well as large-scale official activities, have been held here

. In 1976, the front building of Tianjin hotel was strengthened.

Since 2000, Tianjin auditorium has been reconstructed in two phases, and the third construction company of Tianjin Construction Engineering Group is responsible for the construction. In August 2000, Tianjin auditorium first began to transform the Chinese theater, which was completed and put into use on December 15. On August 18, 2001, the reconstruction of the Grand Theater and the front hall of the small theater of the auditorium began. On March 30, 2002, the reconstruction project of Tianjin auditorium was basically completed. After the transformation, Tianjin auditorium was named "Tianjin Grand Theater" according to the change of site function, and the plaque was inscribed by Zhang Lichang, then Secretary of the CPC Tianjin Municipal Committee. From 2002 to 2012, Tianjin Grand Theater and Tianjin auditorium belong to "one organization with two brands", and they use different names when undertaking different activities. The name of Tianjin grand hall is generally used in official activities led by the government, and the name of Tianjin Grand Theater is used in market operation and commercial activities.

Tianjin Cultural Center period

Night view of Tianjin Grand Theater and music fountain

In March 2009, Tianjin city openly solicited architectural design plans for the cultural center. Among them, Tianjin Grand Theater included four plans designed by famous architects and architectural firms, including Rem Koolhaas, manhad von Gekang, etc. The design scheme of Tianjin Grand Theater has aroused wide attention and discussion in Tianjin.

On May 25, 2009, the executive meeting of Tianjin municipal government, presided over by Huang Xingguo, then mayor of Tianjin, listened to the report on the planning and design of the cultural center, and determined the design schemes of all venues including Tianjin Grand Theater. Finally, Feng Gekang, Marge and their partner architects won the bid for the joint design with East China Architectural Design and Research Institute Co., Ltd. From June 3 to 12, 2009, the "planning and design scheme of Tianjin Cultural Center" solicited opinions from the people of Tianjin through news media and Tianjin Planning Exhibition Hall. In September 2009, the construction of the new Tianjin Grand Theater started with the Tianjin Cultural Center. As a major project during Zhang Gaoli's tenure as secretary of the CPC Tianjin Municipal Committee, Zhang Gaoli and others visited the construction site including Tianjin Grand Theater for many times to promote the completion of the project on schedule.

On May 4, 2011, Tianjin Municipal Administration of culture, radio, film and television, the superior competent unit of Tianjin Grand Theater, signed the entrusted operation and management contract of Tianjin Grand Theater with Beijing drive cultural media company, which is responsible for the operation and management of Tianjin Grand Theater. Tianjin Grand Theatre is independent from Tianjin grand hall, which is operated by the government instead of by the market, while the former Tianjin grand hall is operated by Tianjin hotel group.

In early 2012, Tianjin Grand Theater was completed and put into use on the eve of the 10th Tianjin municipal congress of the Communist Party of China. On April 22, 2012, Tianjin Grand Theater was completed and put into trial operation, and successfully performed its first trial. On April 27, a symphony audition was held in the concert hall of the Grand Theater. From April 29 to May 7, Tianjin Grand Theater held a series of opening performances.

From May 1 to June 30, 2013, Tianjin Grand Theater will host the first Tianjin International Chamber Music Festival. More than 100 artists, including violinists Anna Sufi mut and kidon Kramer, Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra and Emerson String Quartet, Chinese pianist Chen SA, erhu player Yu Hongmei and Guqin player Wu Na, will present 19 unique music performances one after another At the same time, we will go to the community to popularize the common sense of indoor music appreciation for Tianjin citizens.

Since the opening of the new Tianjin Grand Theater, many of the world's top art troupes, such as the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra of the United States, the malinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra of Russia and the NHK Symphony Orchestra of Japan, have performed here.

Design Institute

Tianjin Grand Theatre is jointly designed by German GMP architects and Modern Design Group East China Architectural Design and Research Institute.

Change of architectural style

Since modern times, the Western diversified architectural culture has been surging, and the traditional architectural style of the Chinese nation has been strongly impacted. It can be said that modern times is the transformation period of Chinese architectural style. Through the process of cloning, variation and integration of western architectural style, the traditional wooden frame system is integrated with the Western concrete structure, and the courtyard layout influenced by Confucianism is integrated with the western architectural style After a century of integration, Chinese modern architecture gradually has its own style.

As for residential buildings, the construction of residential areas is not only at the biological level of survival and physiological needs, but also towards the noble level of psychological and spiritual pleasure, which is the pursuit of beauty and emotion.

In the aspect of cultural architecture, taking Gansu Grand Theater as an example, it combines the flow of water, reflects the connotation of Western painted pottery culture and Dunhuang culture, especially has regional color and national color, and has made great contributions to promoting the cultural development of the western region.

Opera Hall

Located in the south of the entrance, the concert hall of the Grand Theater is the largest Opera Hall in Tianjin. The entrances of the four audience seat areas a, B, C and D of the Opera Hall are respectively located on the ground floor from 0 to 3. In addition to the stairs, the audience can also take the elevator directly to the entrance of each area. In addition, the opera house also has a special entrance for the disabled to facilitate the disabled to watch the performance. The stage of the Opera Hall of the Grand Theater is unique. Sitting in the audience, you can see the main stage. The main stage can be raised and tilted. Behind the main stage, there are three double deck stages. The stage of the Opera Hall is composed of four parts in the shape of "pin". The three "activity stages" can be moved to the front of the audience at will, which makes it convenient to switch different stage scenes at any time according to the plot. There are 1600 seats in the auditorium of the Opera Hall. In addition, 105 seats are "hidden" in the lift pool on the stage. When the performing band needs to use the lift pool, these 105 seats will be revealed. These seats are "hidden" in the music pool when they are not needed. From the outside, it looks like the surrounding stage floor. This kind of lifting music pool realizes the function switch of extending the stage and expanding the audience seats. The seats in the Opera Hall are also very particular. The 1600 seats in the audience are not randomly arranged. The height of the seats is specially designed. The height difference between the front and rear seats is about 12 cm, so that the head of the audience in front will not be blocked

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