Herzog & de Meuron Basel Ltd.
Rheinschanze 6
4056 Basel, Switzerland
Email: info@herzogdemeuron.com
Phone: +41 61 385 5757
London, UK
The new Laban Dance Centre is located in Deptford, South East London.
In an area otherwise lacking architectural cohesion, Herzog & de Meuron have created a gesture of embrace that opens up towards the baroque church of St.Paul’s, 300m away. Inside the curved buildings, the rooms are arranged to form a topography.
Studying a 1:2 model of the shell of the building with Michael Craig-Martin.
Foyer, cafe and offices on the ground floor and thirteen dance studios on the upper floor are grouped around the off-center auditorium like a little town.
The Laban is built on a former landfill site beside a tributary of the Thames.
The shimmering building acts as a focal point in a deprived area.
The park and cafe are public meeting places. The color scheme in the foyer and the corridors has been designed by Michael Craig-Martin; the auditorium is black; the studios are each different in shape.
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“Herzog & de Meuron. Naturgeschichte.” Edited by: Philip Ursprung. Exh. Cat. “Herzog & de Meuron. Archaeology of the Mind.” Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal. 23 October 2002 – 6 April 2003. 2nd ed. Baden, Lars Müller, 2005.
“Herzog & de Meuron. Histoire Naturelle.” Edited by: Philip Ursprung. Exh. Cat. “Herzog & de Meuron. Archaeology of the Mind.” Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal. 23 October 2002 – 6 April 2003. Baden, Lars Müller, 2002.