spanish firm independent architectural diplomacy (IAD) have revealed their design for the national theater of equatorial guinea, one of the smallest countries in middle africa
with an area of just 28000 square kilometers . the cultural hub will be
sited in the city of oyala, set become the capital of the impoverished
yet oil-rich west african nation. the architecture is slated to be the utmost representation of guinean culture on an international level
and seeks to express and soften the complicated socio-economic
hierarchy of the country within its very form. the smooth and
ever-changing geometry of the waxing and waning moon as well as the
intangible likes of debussy's clair de lune are made manifest with
sweeping planes and warm light-- all formal decisions which allow the
venue to host various types of events simultaneously. the gibbous curve
rises from the landscape and delineates the dual nature of the program.
the crescent both embraces and contains a public entrance, main hall,
auditorium and stage while embedding technical facilities within the
tectonic mass. on the public side, a transparent curve defines an open,
urban space that gives rise to other open habitable sites. a green
embankment further invites the public to find their resonance in the
landscape.
from designboom