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THEATRE TILBURG

B. BIJVOET, G.H.M. HOLT, 1953-1961, Louis Bouwmeesterplein 1, Tilburg

ARCHITECT(URAL OFFICE):
Bernard Bijvoet
Gerard Holt

ARTIST:
Mari Andriessen

BUILDING TYPE:
Cinemas and theatres


RELATED BUILDINGS:
Arts Cluster Tilburg
Theatre Nijmegen

Tilburg's town theatre is usually mentioned in one breath with the https://www.architectureguide.nl/project/item/prj_id/572" class="inline_link">theatre of Nijmegen. In the Tilburg theatre the auditoria, the main one seating 900, are stacked. The semicircular volume of the main auditorium has its entrance, stairs and foyer in an elongated portion. A stone's throw away from the theatre is an https://www.architectureguide.nl/project/item/prj_id/1091" class="inline_link">'arts cluster' combining a concert hall seating 800 and spaces for the conservatoire and dance academy. The ear-shaped concert hall thrusts up several metres above the 58 x 58 metre perimeter block. An elongated component clad in corrugated sheet (the dance academy) links this block to the modest rectangular conservatoire which has been lifted into space to provide a way through to the former monastery garden. Wood panelling and glass grace the facades of both perimeter block and conservatoire, whether in combination or individually.