Bamboo Theatre

Bamboo Theatre
© Dan Han

BAMBOO THEATRE

DnA

ARCHITECTS
DnA

PHOTOGRAPHS
Ziling Wang, Dan Han

YEAR
2015

LOCATION
Lishui, China

CATEGORY
Landscape Architecture, Theaters & Performance

Text description provided by architect.

Bamboo is a quickly growing grass that is found in every garden in China and as spare woodland in many hilly regions. 

Bamboo Theatre
© Ziling Wang
Bamboo Theatre
© Ziling Wang

The importance of bamboo in Chinese culture arises from a range of qualities such as its flexible structure, the sparkling green lighting effect that a bamboo grove engenders, its many varieties, and its technical properties as a material. 

For the village of Hengkeng, Xu Tiantian designed a theatre stage that is inspired by a historical account. For the construction of the bamboo dome, the architect used a low-tech approach that takes the rapid growth and bendable quality of the material into account.

Bamboo Theatre
© Ziling Wang
Bamboo Theatre
© Ziling Wang

Once installed, the growing dome requires little regular maintenance:

Younger bamboo sprouts are woven into the existing dome and old poles are removed. 

This bioorganic architecture in natural surroundings facilitates activities ranging from village opera performances to individual meditation in nature.

Bamboo Theatre
© Ziling Wang


Bamboo Theatre
© Dan Han
Bamboo Theatre
© Dan Han
Bamboo Theatre
© Dan Han
Bamboo Theatre
© Dan Han
Bamboo Theatre
© Dan Han
Bamboo Theatre
Courtesy of DnA_Design and Architecture Studio


Bamboo Theatre