Situated along the bank of the Huangpu River amongst a cluster of shiny new skyscrapers, the new Qiantan Cultural Center will house a grand theater and a black box performance space, well positioned to become an architectural landmark and cultural destination for the community. Neri&hu’s interior design concept for the project is "the arena,” a contemporary interpretation of the classical archetype. The grand theater, its lobby concourse, and the circulation paths encircling it, are all defined by a series of arches.
