Contract Magazine - April 2018 - 56
Theatrical Type
More Design Office brings the drama
of film noir to Jian Li Ju Theatre through
form, light, and movement
At Shanghai's Jian Li Ju Theatre, the audience becomes
the performer. Designed by local architectural and design firm
More Design Office (MDO), the project transports its visitors
to the 1950s Hollywood film noir period with a series of spaces
meant to read as screenshots from a movie reel. Employing
the theory of Swiss-French architect Bernard Tschumi, MDO
played with the time-space nature of architecture, as well
as light and shadow, to create an atmosphere oozing with
tension and mystery.
The 10,010-square-foot space is organized in a linear
fashion, compelling guests-who arrive with only a time, location,
and number-to move forward into the darkness. Designed
to disorient, a muted, curved hallway transports visitors from
the outside world to a bright lobby lined with acoustic paneling
where they prepare to perform.
Numbers projected onto the dark floor from pinhole
apertures heighten intrigue, designating small changing areas
where visitors receive a script and transform into character. Next,
participants emerge into a small antechamber with asymmetrical
walls, where a number displayed through a magnifying glass gives
stage directions.
The experience concludes in a hall of mirrors, intended
as one last design nod to the film reel. -LAUREN VOLKER
Located off of an ordinary
side street in Shanghai, the
entrance to Jian Li Ju Theatre
compels visitors down a
dark stairwell (bottom) that
leads to a brightly lit waiting
area (right). Numbers
projected on the floor
designate assigned dressing
rooms (above), which mark
the beginning of a unique
experiential journey that ends
in a hall of mirrors (top).
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PHOTOGRAPHY: DIRK WEIBLEN
INTERIOR DESIGN
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