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View of the Zagreb Dance Centre from the entrance court
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View of the lobby
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View of the staircase leading to the gallery
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Studio 3
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The corridor leading to the dressing rooms
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Studio 1
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South elevation of the Zagreb Dance Centre
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Ground floor plan
Zagreb Dance Centre
3LHD. Zagreb, Croatia
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Name of work in English
Zagreb Dance Centre
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Name of work in original language
Zagrebacki plesni centar
Prize year
EUmies Awards 2011
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Work Location
Zagreb, Croatia
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Studio
3LHD
EUmies Awards 2011 Shortlisted
Collaborators
Building physics: Mateo Bilus; Graphic design: Lana Cavar, Tamara Maletic, Dan Michaelson; Collaborator (external): I-GLE; Building physics: Hrvoje Mihal; Fire consulting: Milan Carevic; Mechanical: Igor Sundov, Mario Josipovic; Collaborator (external): Nenad Sutevski; Electrical: Radovan Tomsic, Renato Majcunic; Consulting: Slaven Delalle; Collaborator (external): Janko Velnic, Kaleb Inzenjering; Construction company: TA-GRAD, Mesic com
Program
Culture
Completion
2009
The opening of movieplex cinemas in Zagreb has led to the demise of the old cinema theatres in the city centre. The Lika theatre & located in a derelict residential block only 100 metres away from the main square & was owned by the municipality of Zagreb, which decided to reuse its spaces for a dance centre. Over the last 50 years the development of contemporary dance culture in Zagreb has produced about 40 dance troops, and with this project all of them now have a new home where they share facilities, rehearsal rooms and performing spaces.
The only new architectural element of the centre is the entrance lobby whose volume and fractured form suggest dance movement. This polyvalent space contains a cafe, library and video store, and it provides a connection between the courtyard and the roof terrace, which represents an important part of this project: the preservation and restoration of Zagreb's last open-roof stage.