OMS Stage, Winnipeg, Canada. Architect: 5468796 Architecture, 2010. Exterior view showing closed cube.
"The Old Market Square Stage" designed by Canada's award winning 5468796 Architecture, is an open-air performance venue situated in Old Market Square, an iconic green space and summer festival hub in Winnipeg’s historic Exchange District. A concrete volume enclosed by a flexible metal membrane, The Cube functions as a multipurpose environment. The membrane is composed of 20,000 identical hollow aluminum pieces strung together on aircraft cables. The orientation of the pieces alternates, forming a flexible and shimmering curtain - a contemporary take on medieval chain mail, that can stand like a wall, be pulled in to reveal the performance space, or function as a light-refracting surface - allowing it to morph into a projection screen, performance venue, shelter or sculptural object. (Words with thanks to Kriss Communications)
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