Sunday's Tale: a post from the past.
Last
summer for the twentieth anniversary of Amsterdam’s Over het IJtheatre Festival, local architecture studio O+A created a gigantic
recycled shipping container "stage city" made from locally
sourced materials, in North Amsterdam’s huge NDSM shipyard. Lasting
only two weeks, the structures provoked theatrical artists in
exploring the disused shipyard for site-specific theatre
performances.
The
festival have been held at the NDSM shipyard, an amzing venue, for
over two decades. Theatrical artists, both young and experienced, are
challenged to employ, interact and investigate the disused shipyard
for unique and context-specific performances.
In
the fall of 2011, artistic director Lode van Piggelen asked O A to
collaborate on the 20th anniversary edition of the festival. The
brief was simple: use the festival's literal building block - the
shipping container - to create the beating heart of the event.
Besides the central hospitality space, the containers offer ample
context for the theatrical artists.
The
containers were stacked horizontally and re-invented as pop-up
stores, multi-level platforms and even a restaurant.
The
project’s three-dimensional checkerboard pattern offers a great
spatial diversity, while simultaneously communicating the Festival's
ambition to the city. As such, the hospitality area is tall, airy and
compelling, while the artists use the labyrinthine aspects of the
container city, structure creates an indoor/outdoor space that is
both rough and “gezelligheid” (cozy).
More
info
photo
credits O+A Studio
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