Beijing City Sub-Center Theater
With the Beijing City Sub-Center Theater project (Tongzhou District), the city of Beijing will soon have a major new Performing Arts Building complex. Kahle Acoustics was invited as international acoustic consultant to support the Chinese design team to provide consultancy services.
Information Sheet
New Build Beijing City Sub-Center Theater.
Location Beijing, Tongzhou District, China.
Project Cost n/a.
Time Frame Competition: 2020. Design: 2020-2022. Construction: 2021-2023. Opening: 2023.
Owner Beijing City Sub-Center Investment and Construction Group Co., Ltd, in collaboration with Beijing National Centre for the Performing Arts.
Architect(s) Beijing Architectural Design and Research (BIAD), China www.biad.com.cn
Theatre Planner(s) Theatre Projects, United Kingdom theatreprojects.com • Michel Cova Consultant, France www.linkedin.com/in/michel-cova-b660257
Seat Count A 1 800-seat opera house, a 1 550-seat concert hall, a 1 000-seat Drama hall, a 500-seat multi-functional hall, rehearsal halls. Total area of 82 700 m².
Uses Cultural complex dedicated to music concerts and art performances.
Services Acoustic consulting mission until completion, including preliminary design, construction drawing design and acoustic special design, 1/10 scale model, commissioning and post-commissioning services.
Team Thomas Wulfrank, Yann Jurkiewicz, Vincent Berrier, Evan Green and Eckhard Kahle, Kahle Acoustics. In collaboration with PLUS for overall coordination and with ECADI Acoustics and Theatre Special Design & Research Studio for the building acoustics, model tests and site supervision.