Garden Theatre is an elegant modern outdoor theatre, most noticeable for the simplicity of its architectural forms and the rather small variety of the materials used.
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An elegant modern outdoor theatre, most noticeable for the simplicity of its architectural forms and the rather small variety of the materials used. It is located in the city centre, at the YMCA Park, which is a popular recreation spot. The building has successfully incorporated large trees from the surrounding area, without destroying them. Additionally, bricks and wood elements were chosen to achieve the best possible adaptation in the park’s natural environment.
This theatre has been running at the YMCA Park for decades. Following the building’s restoration, the intense urban noise was reduced with the construction of vertical and horizontal noise barriers, the theatre’s stage potential was upgraded, while office rooms, semi-open hosting spaces were added for exhibitions and film screenings along with a lobby and a cafeteria. Archaeological findings uncovered in its foundations were protected. During the summer months, the theatre hosts events for children and plays.
Mparkas Ν.Κ., (2004), Σχεδιασμός υπαίθριου θεάτρου σε αστικό χώρο: Το Θέατρο Κήπου του Δήμου Θεσσαλονίκης, [Open theatre design in urban space: Garden’s Theatre of Municipality of Thessaloniki], Conference records “Αkoustiki 2004”,
http://nikosbarkas.gr/Pidiefia/18.pdf
During the late 1990s, as part of the institution of the European Cultural Capital “Thessaloniki 1997”, the building was redesigned successfully.
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