Re-functionalization of the Municipal Theater of Alessandria

Alessandria, Italy

Re-functionalization of the Municipal Theater of Alessandria
Alessandria, Italy
competition 2022

program: Re-functionalization of the Municipal Theater of Alessandria into a new “Hub” for culture and tourism in the area
total area: 6.513 m2
> cinematographic function: 459 m2
> didactic function: 430 m2
> theatrical function: 3.169 m2
> restaurant/bar: 488 m2
> reconfigurable spaces: 809 m2
> utility rooms: 653 m2
> commercial function: 350 m2
> city info-point: 25 m2
> recreational function: 130 m2
client: Comune di Alessandria
Alfonso Femia / Atelier(s) Alfonso Femia
images: ©AF517 & Diorama
“Bringing the city back to the theater, making the theater a city: these are the challenges of an ambitious project aware of the symbolic value of this place” AF
Bringing the city back to the theater, making the theater a city: these are the challenges of an ambitious project aware of the symbolic value of a place where the Community has identified and recognized itself and of the regenerative potential contained in its restoration.
Few but clear, decisive and coherent actions outline the proposal: the formation of an open backdrop and a dynamic parterre, the conversion of the galleries into hybrid and reconfigurable places, the redesign of the foyer through a suspended promenade that puts spaces and functions back into dialogue. The theater hall becomes the pivot of a fluid, chronotopic system, in which individual rooms are converted to mixed uses, turning on throughout the days and seasons like the lights of a vibrant city.

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Re-functionalization of the Municipal Theater of Alessandria