Nouvelle Comédie de Genève

Ville de Genève. Switzerland
International Open Competition for the construction of the new theater of the Comédie de Genève
1st prize
2009

The Nouvelle Comédie de Genève takes place in the new district of the Eaux-Vives railway station. Traditionally a theater is the place where artists and public meet during performances. For the Nouvelle Comédie, the wish is to create a place more convivial, more alife, plural and dynamic, at any time, where people work on the creation of productions on the everyday. The building offers a unique façade profile on the urban space giving it a strong identity, like a landmark in the city. The public space of the esplanade penetrates into the theater disolving the limit between the life of the theater and the life of the city.