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The Qiddiya Performing Arts Centre

The Qiddiya Performing Arts Centre is the first flagship cultural asset of Qiddiya City in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, a city wholly dedicated to play and an epicenter of entertainment, sports, and culture. The project’s mission is to engender fresh interest in the performing arts among Saudi youth by providing pioneering new content for the 21st century, within a building designed as a massive, immersive stage.

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TWA brings the wonder and mystery of the cosmos down to earth. We believe that architecture’s role in society is not to mirror the status quo, but rather to give glimpses into a better, more beautiful parallel universe. A parallel universe — unlike a truly alien one — draws us in through a combination of familiar and alien things that unsettle our habitual ways of seeing and being on earth.

LOCATION
Qiddiya City - Saudi Arabia
CLIENTS
Qiddiya Investment Company, Riyadh
YEAR
2023 - ONGOING
STATUS
Design Development
PROGRAM
Theatre
TEAM
Design Architect: Tom Wiscombe Architecture, Los Angeles
Principal: Tom Wiscombe, AIA
Senior Associates: Jamie Norden, Marrikka Trotter
Senior Project Architect: Kam Ku, AIA
Senior Designers: Jordan Micham, Binghao Yao, Shervin Hashemi, Yutao Chen
Project Managers/ Project Technical Leads: Eugenia Krassakopoulou, Charles Jacobs Jr., Jiahua Xu
Senior Job Captains: Niyousha Zaribaf, Alvin Li, Daniela A Guerra, Suyue Jin
Project Designers: Panjing Zhu, Iris Gu, Wentao Pan, Chenglu Xue, Chengyu Zhang, Bobby Cheng
CTO and Model Supervision: Dheer Talreja
COLLABORATORS
Client: Qiddiya Investment Company, Riyadh
Design Architect: Tom Wiscombe Architecture, Los Angeles
Principal: Tom Wiscombe, AIA
Senior Associates: Jamie Norden, Marrikka Trotter
Senior Project Architect: Kam Ku, AIA
Senior Designers: Jordan Micham, Binghao Yao, Shervin Hashemi, Yutao Chen
Project Managers/ Project Technical Leads: Eugenia Krassakopoulou, Charles Jacobs Jr., Jiahua Xu
Senior Job Captains: Niyousha Zaribaf, Alvin Li, Daniela A Guerra, Suyue Jin
Project Designers: Panjing Zhu, Iris Gu, Wentao Pan, Chenglu Xue, Chengyu Zhang, Bobby Cheng
CTO and Model Supervision: Dheer Talreja
Lead Design Consultant: Brewer Smith Brewer Group, Dubai
Managing Partner: Alistair McMillan
Senior Partners: Andrew Bereza, Scott Orwin
Partner: Nick Turbott
Director (Structures): Steven Bailey
Associate Director: Mark Vaughan
Lead Architects: Matthew Enirayetan, Harvey Hale, Bojan Stankovic
Head of Studio, Riyadh: Bart Leclercq
Consultants Structural (Design): Buro Happold SF
Structural (Executive): BSBG Dubai
MEP: Samadhin + Associates, Dubai
Facade Engineering: AESG, Dubai
Theatre Consultant: Theatre Projects, London
Civil, Geotechnical, CMES: Robert Bird Group, Dubai
Lighting: Fisher Marantz Stone, New York
Landscape: Studio Create, Dubai
Media: Display Devices, Denver
FLS Consultant: Design Confidence, Dubai
Vertical Transportation: VTME, Dubai
Acoustics: Inhabit, Dubai
Traffic: Transpo Group, Dubai
Signage: Genus Loci, Dubai
Sustainability: AESG, Dubai
Wind Engineering: RWDI, Dubai
Kitchen: SHW, Dubai
AV, ICT, ELV: Innovation, Dubai
Security: Design Security, UK; Consquare, Dubai
AOR: V3, Riyadh
Cost Planning: Omnium, Dubai
“A stage from another world, built for this world.”
The building’s megalithic slabs lean playfully on each other, like a scale model or a house of cards. They step down the cliffs, relating to the context in a surprising, raw way.
 

Skyline Park

Denver - Colorado
Geological Monoliths. Creating an engaging pedestrian experience by walking underneath and around super sized objects that seem simultaneously like giant toys and alien artifacts. The family of objects, small, medium, large plays against the monolithic quality of the existing belltower. These objects are lit internally using a kaleidescope of colors to further increase the sense of mystery and allure.

Mountain Canopy. A floating roof with a mountain-like silhouette above what is known as a gathering space in the city -- beer garden, ice skating, gathering. The roof both creates shade in summer and its underbelly is lined with animated digital images of the rocky mountains and other iconic Colorado natural wonders.

Instagram Stage. The stage lands in the park creating a space to see and be seen, take selfies and make Instagram posts. Giant robotic lanterns map interactive images onto the stage including giant Colorado flora and fauna, like the columbine flower.

Ground Stars. The night sky of Colorado is projected onto the ground to connect the three zones of skyline park into a single illuminated experience. These lights are color changing and adapt to people walking by, time of day, and the season. The stars and benches can be rolled out into the city beyond the boundary of Skyline Park.

Location: Denver, Colorado
Site Area: 225,000 SF
Program: Interactive Installation and Civic Park
Client: Denver Parks Department