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Leietheater Deinze Theatre

Leietheater Deinze Theatre
© Stijn Bollaert

LEIETHEATER DEINZE THEATRE

TRANS architectuur I stedenbouw & V+

LOCATION
Deinze, belgium

CATEGORY
Theater

AREA
3500

YEART
2020

PHOTOGRAPHS
Stijn Bollaert

ACOUSTICS
Daidalos Peutz

STRUCTURE
Ney & partners

TECHNIQUES
Studiebureau Boydens

THEATRE EQUIPMENT
Theateradvies

Leietheater Deinze Theatre
© Stijn Bollaert
Leietheater Deinze Theatre
© Stijn Bollaert

The Leietheater ‘takes a step aside’. The building plays a key role in defining the public space and making the heritage of Deinze visible again.

Leietheater Deinze Theatre
© Stijn Bollaert
Leietheater Deinze Theatre
© Stijn Bollaert
Leietheater Deinze Theatre
© Stijn Bollaert

TRANS V+ proposed an alternative site to the client during the competition phase. This move creates a large park that extends as far as the River Leie.

In addition, the theatre was placed on important sight axes and was thus made present in the city.

Leietheater Deinze Theatre
© Stijn Bollaert
Leietheater Deinze Theatre
© Stijn Bollaert
Leietheater Deinze Theatre
© Stijn Bollaert

The Museum van Deinze en de Leiestreek, which had drifted into the open space of the old Leiearm, is framed and is once again the cultural heart of Deinze.

The park was designed by Marie-Josée van Hee architecten and connects the theatre along the Administrative Centre, designed by Tony Fretton architects, with the centre square on the Leiebocht.

This is also where the Stedelijke Academie appears, a place where young talent is trained and possibly finds their way back to the stage in the Leietheater.

Leietheater Deinze Theatre
© Stijn Bollaert
Leietheater Deinze Theatre
© Stijn Bollaert
Leietheater Deinze Theatre
© Stijn Bollaert

In a square floor plan, the programme components are arranged around a central foyer with a monumental skylight. The foyer can be expanded by sliding the partition wall with the multifunctional hall away. The museum is in the picture.

With a café on the corner, the building activates the public domain in a place where otherwise, after the opening hours of the theatre, a pauze would arise in the urban dynamic.

Leietheater Deinze Theatre
© Stijn Bollaert
Leietheater Deinze Theatre
© Stijn Bollaert

The large auditorium with its theatre tower gives the building a characteristic silhouette. The brick dress is made up of glazed and matt white stones in a pattern that is laid over the stack of volumes and, depending on the weather conditions, lights up softly or brightly. A silent gesture to Emiel Claus.


Leietheater Deinze Theatre
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Leietheater Deinze Theatre
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Leietheater Deinze Theatre
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