Projects: Xiqu Centre Opera House, Hong Kong

By Ike Ijeh2019-02-21T06:00:00

The Xiqu Centre for Chinese opera in Hong Kong soars above its constrained site with two theatres suspended above public space, by using some ingenious construction solutions

The recently released plans for London’s Centre for Music – as shown in last week’s Projects feature – have demonstrated that building large concert halls on constrained sites, though possible to do with creativity and ingenuity, is a very tricky proposition. However, even that venue’s City roundabout site presents less difficulty than the location of Hong Kong’s latest theatre; namely, suspended over a new public square and the tunnels of an underground railway station. But the response to this challenge is an extraordinary and inventive fusion of architecture and engineering, where a swirling aluminium facade that evokes the graceful sweep of a stage curtain conceals all manner of structural gymnastics within.

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