スノヘッタはこのオペラハウスの建築設計、ランドスケープ設計、インテリアデザインを手がけており、このプロジェクトは、華東建築設計研究院（East China Architectural Design & Research Institute, ECADI）、シアタープロジェクツ（Theatre Projects）、永田音響設計（Nagata Acoustics）との協力のもとに進められています。最近、オペラハウスの建設は急速に進んでおり、主要構造と外装が完了した後、現在は内装とランドスケープに焦点が移っています。主要な建設工事は2025年末に完了する予定です。
Following an international design competition, Snohetta has been commissioned to design the Shanghai Grand Opera House in Shanghai in 2017. The project is designed to captivate a diverse group of audience offering both traditional opera performances and concerts, as well as experimental performances. The dynamics, openness and comprehensive programs beyond performing will make the Opera House as one of the major cultural landmarks in Shanghai.
Snohetta has developed the architectural, landscape, and interior design for the Opera house, and the project is undertaken in partnership with East China Architectural Design&Research Institute (ECADI), Theatre Projects and Nagata Acoustics. Recently, the construction of Opera House has been progressing rapidly: after the primary structure and enclosure, the focus has now shifted to interiors and landscape. The major construction is set to be completed in late 2025.
The Shanghai Grand Opera House is located at the Houtan neighborhood along the Huangpu River waterfront in Shanghai. The neighborhood, which has an ecological and low-carbon profile, emphasizes the Opera’s mission of being a public and open venue. The radial layout of the surrounding landscapes harmonizes with the overall geometry of the Opera building, ensuring key view paths from both the Opera to the city, and from the city to the Opera.
Designed to bring artists and the public under a shared roof, the sweeping form of the new Opera House connotes movement. The helical roof surface evokes an unfolding fan, capturing the dynamism of dance and the human body. Generating both surface and space, the radial movements of the roof form a spiralling staircase that connects ground and sky, while creating views towards the city and the Huangpu riverbanks.
The spiraling, fanning motions extend throughout the project, into the lobby, the halls, and the three auditoriums. The Opera House’s visual identity also references the same movements, with the new, clean logo characterized by a highly recognizable open fan pattern.
“The Shanghai Grand Opera House is a natural progression of our previous work with designing performing arts centers. It is a culmination of the competence and insight gained through projects such as the Norwegian National Opera and Ballet, the Busan Opera House in South Korea, the Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts in Canada, and the Theatre Nanterre-Amandiers renovation in Paris. The Shanghai Grand Opera House is a product of our contextual understanding and values, designed to promote public ownership of the building for the people of Shanghai and beyond.” says Kjetil Traedal Thorsen, Founding Partner of Snohetta.
The Opera roof will become an accessible stage and meeting place, suitable to both large-scale events and everyday visitors. In celebrating both the collective and the individual, the plaza will allow visitor access 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, engendering a sense of public ownership.
■建築概要
Shanghai Grand Opera House
Location: Shanghai
Year: 2017-2025
Client: Shanghai Grand Opera House
Typologies: Performance Space, Public Space
Size: 146,786 m2
Scope: Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Interior Architecture
Status: Under Construction
Estimated opening date: late 2026/2027
Collaborators: East China Architectural Design & Research Institute (ECADI), Theatre Projects, Nagata Acoustics
受賞歴：EDIDA 2014 ELLE DECOR Young Japanese Design Talent、2016年度文化庁文化交流使、FRAME AWARD Emerging Designer of the Year2022、Single Brand Store of the Year 2023、IF DESIGN AWARD、GOOD DESIGN AWARD 等の賞を受賞し、国内外で色々な方面からの評価をいただいています。
