Grand Palais 电影院

Antonio Virga在卡奥尔历史中心交付了 "Grand Palais"，这是一个可以容纳7个放映厅与1051名观众的影院，是贝西耶广场总体重建计划的一部分，专门为当地居民与行人服务。

Antonio Virga has delivered, in the historic center of Cahors, the “Grand Palais”, a 7-theater cinema with a capacity of 1,051 spectators that is part of a master redevelopment plan for the Place Bessières, now dedicated to pedestrians.

▽项目概览 Overview

▽项目外观 Exterior

▽项目外观 Exterior

该电影院位于卡奥尔镇历史中心的北侧，距离洛特河岸只有几步之遥，它矗立在以前的军队专用场地上（如今更名为贝西耶广场）。该项目提供了一个机会，通过占用1943年被大火烧毁的这一建筑群的东翼区域，重新创造和诠释之前存在的军营的对称性。Bessières广场以前是一个停车场，现在已被改造成一个宽阔而温馨的城市空间，专供行人使用，并受到现有树冠的保护。

Located on the north side of the historic center of the town of Cahors and a few steps away from the banks of the Lot River, this cinema stands on a former site dedicated to the army (today renamed Place Bessières). The project offered the opportunity to recreate and reinterpret the symmetry of the preexisting army barracks by occupying the area of the east wing of this complex, destroyed by fire in 1943. Previously serving as a parking lot, the Place Bessières has been transformed into a broad and welcoming urban space dedicated to pedestrians and protected by an existing canopy of trees.

▽项目鸟瞰 Aerial

广场大部分是用砖铺设的，但得益于中心被称为 "绿洲 "的密集绿地。抗战博物馆之前位于该地块的一栋建筑内，该建筑已被拆除，以便为该项目让路，它将位于该建筑的顶层，入口与电影院明确分开。

The square is mostly paved in brick but benefits from a dense green area at the center called "the oasis". The Museum of the Resistance, previously housed in a building on this site which was demolished to make way for this project, will be located on the building’s top level with an entrance clearly separate from the cinema.

▽建筑前的广场空间 The square in front of the building

这里的建筑和相邻的室外区域按照19世纪军事和公共设施的惯例，进行了严格、和谐和平整的布局。为了达到恢复其原有规模的目的，这组空间在材料、家具和绿化上都进行了简洁统一的处理。

The buildings and adjacent outdoor areas here are organized according to a rigorous, harmonious and level layout, in keeping with the practices governing 19th-century military and public facilities. To fulfil the aim of restoring their former scale, this group of spaces is treated with simplicity and unity of materials, furniture and greenery.

▽和谐严谨的空间关系 Harmonious and rigorous spatial relationship

单体体量展现出令人敬畏的立面，但在上层，它被由小孔组成的machrabiya所包围，减轻了立面的压力，并从远处吸引观众走向它的环境。错综复杂的实体和空隙的交替达到了功能目的。白天，穿孔的表皮通过穿透性的光线，以及光与影的相互作用，为室内空间增添了活力，而到了晚上，立面则形成了一个由微小的微光组成的屏幕。

The monolithic volume reveals awe-inspiring façades, but on the upper floors it has been surrounded by a machrabiya composed of little perforations that lighten the façade and intrigue from a distance, attracting viewers toward its environment. The intricate alternation of solids and voids serves a functional purpose. The perforated skin enlivens the interior spaces during the day thanks to the penetrating light, and the interplay of light and shadow whereas at night, the façade creates a screen of tiny shimmering lights.

▽立面图 Elevation

▽项目立面实景 The facade

▽项目立面实景 The facade

▽立面细节 Details of the facade

建筑师对强大的现代美学的追求，使电影院的建筑超越了重现前军营形态的简单目标。该建筑分为两个不同的、有条不紊地创造并在视觉上得到强调的体量：一个由砖砌成，另一个由穿孔和镀金金属制成，每个体量都在公共空间中扮演着非常精确的角色。砖砌的体量与前军营的两座建筑相映成趣，被想象成对这些现有结构的当代和可识别的重新诠释。它是广场上最醒目和最明显的元素，因为它直接反映了城市的历史。选用砖块的目的是为了增强卡奥尔市民的集体记忆，同时避免任何模仿的痕迹。

The architect’s search for a powerful contemporary aesthetic seeks to carry the architecture of the cinema beyond the simple objective of recreating the morphology of the former barracks. The building is divided into two distinct, methodically created and visually highlighted volumes: one built of brick and the other of perforated and gilded metal, each one playing a very precise role in relation to the public space. The brick volume mirrors the two buildings of the former barracks and is imagined as a contemporary and identifiable reinterpretation of these existing structures. It is the most striking and visible element on the square, owing to the direct reference to the town’s history. Brick was chosen with the aim of enhancing the collective memory of the citizens of Cahors while avoiding any hint of pastiche.

▽内部空间 Interior spaces

Location: Place Bessières, 46000 Cahors

Programme: 7-theater cinema, 1,051 places (with an independent museum space)

Client: Mairie de Cahors , Société Cadurcienne d’Exploitation Cinématographique

Architects: antonio virga architecte (architect)

Miguel Allen (project manager)

Grue  (landscape architect), Projex (BET TCE), Diagobat (acoustic consultant), PhA (lighting engineer), Stefania Corrado (graphic design)

Surface: theater cinema and museum space : 3 653 m² / place Bessières urban space : 8 500 m²

Total cost: €8,685,180 excl. VAT (€4,417,010 for the raw shell / + €1,987,570 for the interior design / + €2,280,600 for the outdoor enhancements

Calendar: Delivered in december 2019    

Photos credits: © Luc Boegly, © Pierre Lasvenes (drone)