Stage Pavilion
STAGE PAVILION
Stage Dnipro Community
CATEGORY
Pavilion
LOCATION
Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine
AREA
65 m²
COLLABORATION
NGO Kultura Medialna, Capital of Culture, Work.ua, ask.fm, comfy, HIP Park, Greenwood, Just Club, Sayvo, Comfy, HIP Park
COLLECTIVELY DESIGNED BY
Tomasz Świetli, Jens Pedersen, Kamil Szołtysek, Riccardo Mariano, Katarzyna Dorda, Anastasiia Tymchenko, Denys Meshcheriakov, Mykyta Momot, Evhen Obraztsov, Anastasiia Omelich, Anastasiia Ponomarenko, Viktoriia Ivanova, Tetiana Kovtun, Vlad Fomichev
INITIATED BY
Kuba Snopek, Kateryna Rusetska, Andrii Palash
DIRECTED BY
Kuba Snopek
COLLECTIVELY DESIGNED BY
Tomasz Świetli, Jens Pedersen, Kamil Szołtysek, Riccardo Mariano, Katarzyna Dorda, Anastasiia Tymchenko, Denys Meshcheriakov, Mykyta Momot, Evhen Obraztsov, Anastasiia Omelich, Anastasiia Ponomarenko, Viktoriia Ivanova, Tetiana Kovtun, Vlad Fomichev
PRODUCED BY
Andrii Palash
COMMUNICATION
Kateryna Rusetska
CONSULTING
Ira Lobanovskaya, Dmytrо Taraba, Dmytrо Kirpa, Polina Chebotareva Between Architecture & People
EVENT COORDINATOR
Olga Samoylenko
VOLUNTEER COORDINATION
Mariia Yarchuk
RESEARCH
Monika Pietrosian, Petro Vladimirov, Kasia Pabich, Anastasiia Skvarniuk, Maja Balwierz, Artem Ilyschenko
LEADING ARCHITECT
Tomasz Świetlik
MEDIA PRODUCTION
Kateryna Kozlova
CROWDFUNDING
Kateryna Rusetska, Andrii Palash, Kuba Snopek
MAIN CONSTRUCTION TEAM
Tomasz Świetlik, Evhen Borysenko, HIP Park, Oleksii Drubych, Dmytro Driaiev, Valerii Boiko, Vlad Radionov, Mykola Foshchii, Kostiantyn Podobyed
CONSTRUCTION SUPPORT
Hanna Zayikina, Ivan Maslennikov, Oleksandra Bilyayeva, Violetta Kim, Oleksandra Lukjanenko, Nadiia Koval, Oleksii Envald, Yurii Fomenko, Vlad Lemm, Valerii Kasyanenko, Kseniya Foshchii, Mitya Churikov, Mariia Dukarecz, Tymur Niyazov, Oleksandr Kotsiuruba, Yevhen Ragulin, Kostiantyn Cholovskyi, Dmytro Reshetov, Steph Franck, Thomas Dumke, Yevheniia Klunko, Yuri Birte Anderson, Yevheniia Morozova, Hanna Volodina, Viacheslav Koliesnikov, Reveka Ryzhykova, Kyrylo Kholopkin, Dasha Mashukova, Illia Reshetov, Viacheslav Ivankov, Viktoriia Rudiuk, Andrii Khomutov, Yuliya Ovcharenko, Bogdan Moovin, Evgen Goncharov, Stanislav Pivonos, Georgiy Apahov, Yulia Apahova, Larisa Shevchenko, Mariia Vynarska
BACKERS
Ian Pèninșolar, Egor Zed, Volodymyr Lesnikov, A.Burtsev, Robert Lucyshyn, Kateryna Iliushenko, Anton Borzov, Viktoriia Semeshko, Iryna Lobanovska, Sergii Budnitsky, Anton Kharytonov, Anna Stetsenko, Olexandr Pochytalin, Pasha Tkachenko, Alex Polyakov, Sergii Aldosev, Dmytro Svetlichny, Dmytro Zhmurko, Veronika Demedetska, Yurii Artiukhov, Anna Markova, Denys Shcherbakov, Roman Tomilin, franktc, Rodion Sorokin, Teodor Mytsyk, Anton Vodopolov, Volynskyi Bohdan, Matthew Pearson Steel, Svitlana Volovych, Nataliia Kashirina, Mariia Uchitel, Alla & Dmitri, Mariia Lesnikova, Slava Kolesnikov, Viktoriia Nikitina, Yuriy Tymchuk, Andrey Korlyuk, Dmytro Inytskyi, Anton Piven, Michael Gendin, Dmytro Driaiev, Manuel Tanner, Harchenko Svitlana, Nataliia Tkachenko, Olena Chertilina, Anna Rudkevych, Mariia Dukarets, Anna Golubchenko, Olga Zelenska, Liza Temchenko, Family Bobko, Peter Rudenko, Alexey Tretiak, Dariia Gryshchenko, Oleksandr Kovtiukh, Artem Shyshkin, Kate Rohoza, Aleksandra Stolyar, Michael Obrizkiv, Kateryna Zemliankina, Vitalii Mashkara, Marek Ozyhar, Denys Meshcheriakov, Yevhen Hrinko, Oksana Mamchenkova, Savranskiy Dmytro, Volodymyr Stepanov, Oleksandr Omelnytskyi, Julia Gulitska, Andrii Pushkarov, Mariia Vynarska, Kate Velcheva, Puzko Vladyslava, Pereverziev Oleksii, Yurii Bulichev, Buffy Summers, Viacheslav Dosuzhiy, Konstantin Perets, Malovanyi Oleksandr, George Semikoff, Titus Kovalenko, Serdiuk Viacheslav, Mariia Biloshenko, Alexander Kotsuruba, Ihor Turlion, Viktoriia Ivanova, Klimova Inna, Cheshirskyi Kit, Khramtsovskyi Vitalii, Yevhen Hendin, Yevhen Borysenko, Dariia Senchykhina, Nicholas Moore, Sao Chan Cheong, Maja Plocienniczak, Yehor Tokmakov, Olga_K, Anton Borodulin, Anna Kosenko, Valentyna Kliuiko, Mariia Khomenko, Diana Suldina, Valentyna Kozlova, Andrii Ignat, Svitlana Kolodii, Roman Ustenko, Maryna Zhydkykh, Mykola Serdiuk, Evhen Tymoshenko, Alex Amyotov, Kirill Ulman, Lyu Zyuman, Julia Priimak, Anastasia Avramchuk, Oleg Semikolenov, Niiazov Tymur, Oleksandr Siambanis, kier f miner, Oleksandr Ivliev, Iryna Yermakova
PHOTOS
Sasha Burlaka, Vlad Lemm, Mariia Vynarska
VIDEO PRODUCTION
Lera Malchenko, Oleksandr Hants
DESIGN
Tetiana Kovtun, Danil Daneliuk
MAIN CONSTRUCTION TEAM
Tomasz Świetlik, Evhen Borysenko, HIP Park, Oleksii Drubych, Dmytro Driaiev, Valerii Boiko, Vlad Radionov, Mykola Foshchii, Kostiantyn Podobyed
CONSTRUCTION SUPPORT
Hanna Zayikina, Ivan Maslennikov, Oleksandra Bilyayeva, Violetta Kim, Oleksandra Lukjanenko, Nadiia Koval, Oleksii Envald, Yurii Fomenko, Vlad Lemm, Valerii Kasyanenko, Kseniya Foshchii, Mitya Churikov, Mariia Dukarecz, Tymur Niyazov, Oleksandr Kotsiuruba, Yevhen Ragulin, Kostiantyn Cholovskyi, Dmytro Reshetov, Steph Franck, Thomas Dumke, Yevheniia Klunko, Yuri Birte Anderson, Yevheniia Morozova, Hanna Volodina, Viacheslav Koliesnikov, Reveka Ryzhykova, Kyrylo Kholopkin, Dasha Mashukova, Illia Reshetov, Viacheslav Ivankov, Viktoriia Rudiuk, Andrii Khomutov, Yuliya Ovcharenko, Bogdan Moovin, Evgen Goncharov, Stanislav Pivonos, Georgiy Apahov, Yulia Apahova, Larisa Shevchenko, Mariia Vynarska
Text description provided by architect.
Stage is a seasonal, multi-purpose park pavilion in Dnipro, Ukraine. It was constructed in place of the former green theater in the Shevchenko Park, the city's principal public space. Stage was created entirely with the use of crowdsourcing and crowdfunding: online methods of distributed work and funding.
The stage is a temporary pavilion in the city of Dnipro in Ukraine. It was built on the site of the former green theater in Shevchenko Park, one of the city's main public spaces. The scene was created by citizens through crowdsourcing and crowdfunding: online methods of teamwork and funding.
How to create truly public space? Stage has been created entirely by citizens, using online methods of distributed work and funding.
Over 200 people were engaged at all stages of its creation: contributing financially, writing the brief, designing and assembling building components. This approach is unique: architectural practice today is dominated by top-down methods of work.
How to create a truly public space? The stage was built by the citizens using online methods of teamwork and funding. More than 200 people participated in all stages of the project: raised money, created a concept, designed and built a pavilion.
This approach is unique: the architecture world today is dominated by top-down rather than bottom-up methods.
In the 1790s, Prince Grigory Potemkin built his residence in the city of Ekaterinoslavl, today's Dnipro. The palace, surrounded by gardens, overlooked the Dnieper. In the 1920s, after the Bolshevik revolution, the city was renamed to Dnepropetrovsk.
Potemkin's palace was converted into a workers' house; the park - into the city's principal public space. In 1935, a wooden theater for 2,500 spectators was erected in the park. It burnt down during World War II. For the next 70 years, the site remained abandoned.
In the 1790s, Prince Grigory Potemkin built his city residence in the city of Yekaterinoslav, today's Dnipro. The palace, surrounded by gardens, overlooked the Dnieper. After the October Revolution, the city was renamed Dnepropetrovsk.
The Potemkin Palace was turned into the House of Workers, the park - into the main public space of the city.
In 1935, a wooden amphitheater for 2,500 spectators appeared in the park. It burned down during the Second World War, and the place was empty for the next 70 years.
After the Ukrainian Revolution of Dignity (Euromaidan), Dnepropetrovsk changed the name again, to Dnipro. Stage – an emanation of the vibrant culture that emerged after Euromaidan – was built to accommodate the needs of dozens of artists, poets, painters, and musicians, who squatted random spaces, scattered around the city. Their collective creative energy reactivated the former Soviet theatre.
After the Revolution of Dignity, Dnepropetrovsk was renamed again, this time Dnipro. The scene arose in this new political context. It was built by the townspeople themselves: artists, poets, painters and musicians who previously occupied random sites scattered throughout the city. Their collective creative energy gave a second life to the former Soviet amphitheater.
Both Potemkin's geometrical gardens, as well as Stalin's gargantuan theatre, were superimposed on the city from the top-down. Stage is on the opposite extreme: it is a radical grassroots intervention.
Both the geometric Potemkin gardens and the gigantic Stalinist theater were brought down to the city “from top to bottom”. The scene is a representative of the opposite approach, it appeared in the urban environment “from the bottom up”.
It is nonetheless very contextual: Stage's slim volume closes the visual axis running between Potemkin's palace and the Dnieper. The long facade encloses the amphitheatrical geometry of the site, creating a cozy interior with good acoustics.
Hierarchy, inherent to the propaganda theater of the thirties, is replaced by horizontality. The location of the entrance blurs borders between the performers and the audience.
The building is strung on the historical axis between the Potemkin Palace and the Dnieper River. Its long façade completes the geometry of the former amphitheater and creates a cozy space with good acoustics.
Horizontal relationships replaced the propaganda theater hierarchy of the thirties. The entrance is located in such a way that the boundary between actors and spectators disappears.
The structure consists of a big screen, storage space and a lounge, which overlooks the Dnieper. On the top, there is an acoustic tube – an amplifier of any music brought by the performers. Building components from wood and plywood were prefabricated and assembled on site. Architecture has been supplemented with greenery, a gift from the city's botanical garden.
The pavilion consists of a large screen, storage space for props and a seating area overlooking the Dnieper River. Upstairs is an acoustic trumpet so that everyone can bring music with them and play it loud enough. Wooden prefabricated products were manufactured and assembled on site. The architecture is complemented by greenery - a gift from the City Botanical Garden.
The architectural form reflects the collective character of the process. Each creative contribution has been clearly articulated in the design. All architects, designers, builders, contributors, and backers are mentioned on the credits board, which is exposed on one of Stage's most visible walls.
The architectural form reflects the collective nature of the process. The creative contribution of each was reflected in the project. On the most visible wall of the pavilion is an acknowledgment board, where all architects, designers, builders, helpers and those who supported the project financially are mentioned.
At Stage, anyone can organize their own event. The wooden lightweight structure stands on the public ground, open to everyone. Borders between performers and the audience have been abolished. Gigantic acoustic tube amplifies any music brought to the venue. The cultural program, as well as the process of construction, has been coordinated by a local NGO. All the design ideas, in turn, came from Stage's co-creators.
Everyone has the opportunity to organize their event on the Stage. The pavilion stands on a public platform accessible to all. There is no boundary between actors and audience. Acoustic trumpet amplifies any sound brought to the venue. The cultural program, as well as the construction process, was coordinated by a local non-governmental organization. Instead of traditional top-down design, all project ideas came from the citizens, the future users of the Stage.
