IN-4-MALL
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Location Kitchener, ON, Canada
Program Arts & Cultural Centre
Course 2A Design Studio (Fall 2021)
Supervisor Rick Haldenby
An informal space for all people, IN-4-MALL is situated in the civic district of Kitchener’s downtown core and responds to the Arts Reboot movement and adaptive reuse by placing an open and informal performance space in the middle of an old police station. The goal is to create a building that is simple to navigate and understand, humble not to feel foreign to visitors and the context, and flexible to host a wide variety of events that engage the community. These goals are reflected in every design decision taken- from the layout of the plans to the façade materials chosen. With traditional theatres around the site, what artists really need is a space where they feel they have agency and are provided with the infrastructure to celebrate their work, no matter who they are. IN-4-MALL seeks to do just that with a centre that’s always buzzing with creative energy!
Original Plans
Basement Floorplan showing incubation theatre, back-of-house and admin spaces
Ground Floorplan showing enclosed theatre, gallery and multipurpose open spaces
Second Floorplan showing rehearsal halls and artist studios
Third Floorplan showing remainder of artist studios and artist residences
