Teatro Franco Parenti via Pier Lombardo 14, Milano

www.teatrofrancoparenti.it

A space entirely renovated to welcome light, ideas, communication, the city

The new project is signed by the architect Michele De Lucchi with the artistic direction of Andrée Ruth Shammah

Open, connected and multi-purpose spaces

Theatrical machinery to create installations, artifices, performances, events and experimentation

Over 5,400 square feet, spread over three levels, accomodate eight different spaces that can be used simultaneously or independently

AcomeA Theatre Cafè Rouge

3 Theatre

FoyerGreat Theatre

Little Rooms High Foyer

The Foyer is the heart of the complex, open to the light and space of reception and distribution to all the places and activities of the Theatre. Place where Largo Franco Parenti and Via Pier Lombardo converge, it occupies an area of over 400 square meters. It is an open space in continuity with the Great Theatre, multifunctional and therefore also usable as a stage, workplace, meeting and dining options. The wood planks on the floor repurpose the continuous stage, and the graticce a soffitto allow to set up scenic designs and theatrical scenes.

Foyer

The great room has an area of 540 square meters and has 500 bleacher seats. It is equipped with a technology that allows to the audience and the stage to come to the same floor lavel thus obtaning a wide sable space. A sequence of open windows on the upper part of the side walls allows the daylight to enter.

Great Theatre

An impressive double-height space which can be accessed directly from the Foyer. The room covers an area of about 250 square meters. It has 180 seats distributed among stalls and balcony. A series of columns that support the gallery above reflects the mood and the most traditional form of theater hall. The tiers of the auditorium are mobile: it is possible to lower them to retrieve a single portion of the floor.

AcomeA Theatre

A large rectangular space overlooking the internal courtyard occupies an area of about 280 square meters. Itis modulated by a suggestive sequence of pillars and inside it houses a restaurant and cafe.

Café Rouge

A sequence of windows overlooking Caimi pool makes this space bright and charming. It ‘s decorated with a mirrored ceiling that recreates endless games of natural and artificial light.

Located at an altitude of +3.50, occupies an area of about 120 square meters. Independently accessible through two street entrances, it overlooks a small terrace and opens up on the two small salts.

Foyer Alto

Two small and cozy rooms, symmetrical and lateral with respect to the Great Theatre, open at + 1.80 (che unita’ di misura?) in connection with the High Foyer.Both rooms have a windowed wall that overlooks the courtyard and occupy a space, respectively, of about 50 and 70 square meters.

Little Rooms

It is an area characterized by intense brightness and that occupies almost the entire level at a height of +1.80 of the building overlooking the tree-lined garden in Via Sabina.The rectangular hall, , is calibrated by a series of pillars that reporduce the rhythm of the large windowed wall. The hall occupies an area of about 280 square meters.

3 Theatre

TECHNICAL DETAILS

The Foyer is the heart of the complex, open to light and functioning as the reception and distribution center to all places and for all the Theatre activities. Right in between the two entries from Largo Franco Parenti and Via Pier Lombardo, it occupies an area of over 350 square meters. It is an open space in continuity with the Great Theatre, multifunctional and therefore also usable as a stage and as awork, meeting and dining place.The wood planks on the floor repurpose the continuous stage, thile the graticce ceiling allows to set up theatrical scenes.

TECHNICAL DETAILSsurface 400MQsize length 23m - width 17m - height 2.60 – 4.50seats 300plants artificial lighting system on anintegrated winder; air conditioning on requestfittings bar-restaurant, cloakroom, reception island, wireless electric power 125 amp

Foyer

The great room has an area of 540 square meters and has 500 seats in rows. It is also provided with a technology that allows the audience and the stage to come to the same level thus obtaining a wide available space. A sequence of open windows on the upper part of the side walls allows plenty of light to enter the room.

TECHNICAL DETAILSsurface seatings 396 MQ + Stage 149 MQsize length max 27.31 m ( included stage)stage width 16m, depth max 11.60m height from 6.59m to 6.38m lenght 24.50 m, height from 7.50 m to 3 mstage down (modular units) lenght 15m height 7mseats 500control room provide with air conditioning Plants air conditioning, electric window treatment system, sound reinforcement for conferences, acoustic wooden winders, stage and proscenium, 4 Americane motorized electric power 250 ampchanging rooms 11 changing rooms ,seven with private bathroom

Great Theatre

An impressive double-height space which can be accessed directly from the Foyer. The room covers an area of about 250 square meters. It has 180 seats distributed among stalls and balcony. A series of columns that support the gallery above reflects the mood and the most traditional form of theater hall. The tiers of the auditorium are mobile: it is possible to lower them to retrieve a single portion of the floor.

TECHNICAL DETAILSsurface 250MQ (state 211mp, gallery about 50 mq– balcony)size length max 24.44m (stage included) - height 7 mstage width 4.70m, depth 5.75m, height 6m gallery 18mseats 150impianti air-conditioning, lighting (Artemide Wall Washer), winder for stage and audienceelectric power 125 ampchanging rooms 2 changing rooms with private bathroom

AcomeA Theatre

3 TheatreIt is an area characterized by intense brightness and that occupies almost the entire level at a height of +1.80 of the building overlooking the tree-lined garden in Via Sabina.The rectangular hall, , is calibrated by a series of pillars that reporduce the rhythm of the large windowed wall. The hall occupies an area of about 280 square meters.

TECHNICAL DETAILSsurface 250 MQsize length 27.93m, width 12.75 m, height 3mseats about 80facilities climate control, winder, wet barelectric power 63 ampchanging rooms 1 changing room

Café Rouge

TECHNICAL DETAILSsurface 250 MQsize lunghezza 24 m - larghezza 12,30 mseats about 50 – 70 facilities kitchen, air conditioning, small stageelectric power 60 amp

A large rectangular space overlooking the internal courtyard occupies an area of about 280 square meters. Itis modulated by a suggestive sequence of pillars and inside it houses a restaurant and cafe.

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