Architecture
TEATRO DEL BICENTENARIO
San Juan
This includes the construction of a cultural complex with a concert hall for 1,129 spectators and supporting areas for the production and realization of shows such as opera, ballet, recitals, choral and symphonic concerts, chamber music and other cultural events.
The design of the main hall is horseshoe shaped, and designed according to the Italian acoustic model of the Teatro Colón, recognized as the best opera house in the world and the third best for symphonic music.
A modern cultural center with the best acoustics for the interior of the country
PROJECT
Teatro del Bicentenario, Provincia de San Juan.
CLIENT
Dirección de Arquitectura de la Provincia de San Juan
DESCRIPTION OF WORKS
The project is a cultural complex consisting of a main hall and a smaller secondary one, with support areas for artists, workshops, rehearsal rooms, public and administrative area, large landscaped areas and parking lots.
The base surrounds the the main hall building under the guise of a solid block, clad in San Juan travertine marble. From the center of this block rises the imposing hall with its stage decked out in Corten steel, a reference to the earthy tones of the San Juan mountains. The main facade is a great arch symbolizing the Bicentennial portal, with a free span of 63 meters and 6 meters in height which constitutes the main entrance to the building.
The main hall consists of the stalls and two tiers of boxes in Platten of a wenge color in the form of poles which were specially designed by the acoustic engineers. The stage, whose dimensions are similar to those of the Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires City, has a rotating platform 16 meters in diameter, a raised orchestra pit for 100 musicians and a mobile acoustic diffuser.
The massive structure needed to erect this iconic work was studied in detail as it is located in a seismic zone. For this purpose amounts of up to 359 kg/m3 were used.
Project: Estudios Pasinato- Bianchi Bolzán y Velasco- López.
Assessors: Sánchez Quintana-Basso (Acústica), Ing. Jorge Amado (Estructura), Ernesto Diz y Pablo Pizarro (Iluminación), Estudio Grinberg (Termomecánica), Cosangas SRL (Sanitaria e incendio).
