Client
Hochbau Stadt Bern
Architect
Sub-project «red»: Itten+Brechbühl AG
Construction management
Itten+Brechbühl AG
Planning
2013 - 2016
Start of construction
2014
Start of operation
1st stage 2014 / 2nd stage 2015 / 3rd stage 2016 / 4th stage 2017
Floor area
3200 m2
Photos
Philipp Zinniker, Bern
The theatre building on Kornhausplatz in Berne which was completed in 1903, was in urgent need of refurbishment. The intention was not only to guarantee its operational safety from a health and safety perspective and to carry out the necessary maintenance work, but also to make the theatre more attractive for audiences.
The entire project is split into three parts of which IB has taken on the «sub-project Red» to optimise the backstage area (with dressmaker's, milliner's, decorator's workshop and props department) and the storage wing (rehearsal rooms for choir and ballet, dressing-rooms). The focus was on achieving spatial and organisational improvements within the given confines as well as refurbishing the building engineering and systems equipment.
