With the addition of two reinforced concrete pillars, a project dating
back to the Nineteen Seventies blotted out the original
With the addition of two reinforced concrete pillars,
a project dating back to the Nineteen Seventies blotted out the original image
of Le Muse and permanently separated the external theatre casing from its dull
interior architecture. From here in, the new design by the two architects DaniloGuerri and Paola Salmoni "restored" a complementary rapport
between the modern interior and the neoclassical façades, preserving as much as
they could (the entrance staircase, the original lobby) and creating a certain
degree of continuity with the external urban setting, where emphasis was placed
on the most public places in the theatre (lobby, foyer, reception rooms). The
result is a theatre-plaza featuring materials that recapture the nomadic and
temporary spirit inherent of a "performance" (wood and metal,
trellises and galleries) as well as the spirit of the urban monument (bricks
and stones, rhetorical shapes and collective meanings).
Technical report
With its rehearsal rooms, reception rooms and acoustics
researched in Tokyo and Bologna, Le Muse theatre is the
biggest in the Marche, a special region as far as theatres
are concerned, housing 78 theatres currently in use (and another forty to be
reopened) for a population of a million and a half inhabitants. The new Le MuseTheatre
is one of the most modern cutting-edge playhouses in central Italy.