Tianjin Juilliard School
TIANJIN JUILLIARD SCHOOL
Diller Scofidio + Renfro
ARCHITECTS
Diller Scofidio + Renfro
ASSOCIATE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT
Hargreaves Jones
DESIGN ARCHITECT
Diller Scofidio + Renfro
LIGHTING CONSULTANT
Tillotson Design Associates
ACOUSTICS CONSULTANT
Jaffe Holden Acoustics
AV/IT
Shen Milsom Wilke
CURTAIN WALL
Front
THEATER
Fisher Dachs Associates
FACADE GLAZING
Luoyang North Glass Technology Co., Ltd
PERFORMANCE HALL WOOD VENEER
Sanfoot
STRUCTURE & MEP ENGINEERING
Arup, Ecadi
GENERAL CONTRACTOR
Mcc Tiangong Group Co. Ltd.
FACADE WOOD CLADDING
Parklex International S.l.
EXECUTIVE ARCHITECT
East China Architectural Design & Research Institute (Ecadi)
CLIMATIC DESIGN
Transsolar
MANUFACTURERS
Parklex Prodema
PHOTOGRAPHS
Zhang Chao
AREA
32500 m²
YEAR
2021
LOCATION
Binhai, China
CATEGORY
Performing Arts Center
English description provided by the architects.
The Tianjin Juilliard School (TJS) is a center for performance, practice, research, and interactive exhibitions, with communal spaces that are designed to welcome the public into the creative process and performance of music.
TJS is the first performing arts institution in China to confer a U.S.-accredited Master of Music (MM) degree.
The new school also comprises a Saturday Pre-College program for students ages 8- 18; continuing education programs for professionals and adult learners; public education programs for music learners of all ages; and public performances.
Located in the Yujiapu Financial District, the 32,500 m2 (350,000 square-foot) building was designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro, the same firm responsible for the 2009 expansion of Juilliard's iconic New York home.
The building is composed of four faceted pavilions housing a 690-seat concert hall, a 299-seat recital hall, a 225-seat black box theater, and administrative, faculty, and rehearsal programs.
Five glass bridges span an expansive public space that extends the surrounding park into the building, inviting students, visitors and concert goers to mingle, relax and experience the students practicing and giving informal performances.
The glass bridges contain classrooms, teaching studios, and practice rooms, encouraging visual and auditory access to the study of music, inviting exchange between students, faculty and visitors.
The school utilizes leading edge telecommunication and video conferencing technologies to ensure a high degree of connectivity and collaboration between students and faculty at Tianjin Julliard School and The Juilliard School in New York.
The Juilliard Imagination space, for example, is a digitally connected exhibition space, capable of hosting livestreamed concerts between both Juilliard facilities.
