*국립극장 속 임시극장 쉐드 [ Haworth Tompkins ] The Shed at the National Theatre

런던 사우스뱅크 국립극장의 임시극장, 쉐드는

하워스 탐킨스가 설계한 NT 재개발 프로젝트 중 세번째 극장시설이다.

이러한 쉐드는 사각의 평면을 갖은 오픈형 극장타입으로

전면에는 국립극장과 측면에는 강과 만나는 곳에 위치하게 된다.

네모반듯한 심플한 건축 디자인은 콘크리트의 장중한 매시브한 건축을 보여주는

국립극장과 대조를 이루며 NT 프로젝트의 구두점과 같은 어휘로 사용된다.

쉐드를 특별하게 각인시키는 레드컬러의 외관은 이와같이 마침표가 아닌

쉼표로 공간, 장소를 연결시킨다.

여기에 지속가능한 건축은 100% 재활용하는 225석의 좌석과 재료

그리고 자연환기를 위한 4개의 환기타워로 강렬한 레드컬러와 더불어

쉐드 디자인을 정의하는 중요한 수단으로 활용된다.

reviewed by SJ

Haworth Tompkins announces the completion of The Shed, a temporary venue for the National Theatre on London's South Bank. The Shed will give the NT a third auditorium while the Cottesloe is closed for a year during the NT Future redevelopment, also designed by Haworth Tompkins.

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The artistic programme for The Shed, recently announced by the Director of the National Theatre, Nicholas Hytner, pushes creative boundaries, giving the NT the opportunity to explore new ways of making theatre. In the same way, The Shed has been a test bed for experiment by the architectural design team. Conceived by Haworth Tompkins and regular collaborators Charcoalblue, it was then designed and built in little more than a year, a collaborative process between the building designers, the National Theatre, and theatre-makers who will work in the space, in a way that more closely resembled a theatre show than a conventional construction project.

Its temporary nature, building on Haworth Tompkins' earlier temporary projects like the Almeida Theatre at Gainsborough Studios and King's Cross, permits a structure that can be seen less as a building than as an event or arts installation - a vibrant intervention on London's South Bank that will entrance, and sometimes bewilder, passers-by for a period of twelve months.

The Shed occupies Theatre Square, at the front of the National Theatre, beside the river. Its simple form houses a 225-seat auditorium made of raw steel and plywood, while the rough-sawn timber cladding refers to the National Theatre's iconic board-marked concrete, and the modelling of the auditorium and its corner towers complement the bold geometries of the NT itself. A temporary foyer has been carved out from the space beneath the NT's external terraces and provides easy connection to the existing foyers. The Shed's brilliant red colour covering the entire mass of a form without doors or windows, announces its arrival boldly against the concrete bulk of the NT, giving it a startling and enigmatic presence.

The Shed also represents another step in Haworth Tompkins' ongoing project to research sustainable ways of making theatres. Built of materials that can be 100% recycled and fitted out with re-used seating, The Shed is naturally ventilated, with the four towers that draw air through the building providing its distinctive form.

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