TRIP TO LABAN DANCE CENTRE
I have been waiting to go there for ages. Laban Dance centre is the largest dance studio in Europe and in order to go there you need to book a tour. Unfortunately, my tour was later than I planned it to be, but still I am glad that I visited it. It was founded by an Austro-Hungarian dancer and choreographer Rudolf Laban. This centre was located in different places all over England, but in 2003 it was moved to Deptford (south bank of the river Thames). It was designed by Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron, who had the same inspiration as I do for my project. The architecture and interior design is based on human anatomy and body movement. There is a sense of continuous lines inside of the building. Some parts of the ceiling are open, so people can see all metal details, wires etc. It is done on purpose, comparing to human anatomy illustrations in the encyclopedia, where you can see how everything works. It was very inspiring trip, which also made me think of the site for my project. I think I will use theatre inside the dance centre as the site, because I felt that it doesn't relate to the whole architecture, as it is just made of black wooden blocks.
I have been waiting to go there for ages. Laban Dance centre is the largest dance studio in Europe and in order to go there you need to book a tour. Unfortunately, my tour was later than I planned it to be, but still I am glad that I visited it. It was founded by an Austro-Hungarian dancer and choreographer Rudolf Laban. This centre was located in different places all over England, but in 2003 it was moved to Deptford (south bank of the river Thames). It was designed by Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron, who had the same inspiration as I do for my project. The architecture and interior design is based on human anatomy and body movement. There is a sense of continuous lines inside of the building. Some parts of the ceiling are open, so people can see all metal details, wires etc. It is done on purpose, comparing to human anatomy illustrations in the encyclopedia, where you can see how everything works. It was very inspiring trip, which also made me think of the site for my project. I think I will use theatre inside the dance centre as the site, because I felt that it doesn't relate to the whole architecture, as it is just made of black wooden blocks.
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