Ballet, in Asia, is often dismissed as an aristocratic passé, or mistaken for a weak and feminine art form. As the premier platform for the development of Ballet in China?how does one reframe this story to a new Chinese audience" Can the spatial qualities echo the nature of the art form" This was the brief we gave ourselves when we were commissioned to work on the design of the Morning Star Ballet Foundation.

© Liu Yang

Architects: OFGA

Location: Unit 910, Tower A, Pacific Century Place? No. 2 Worker Stadium North Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing China

Architect In Charge: Yue Winston Yeo

Client: Beijing Morning Star Ballet Foundation, also known as Beijing Morning Star Ballet Art Center?
Area: 1500.0 sqm

Project Year: 2014

Photographs: Liu Yang

Ballet, in Asia, is often dismissed as an aristocratic passé, or mistaken for a weak and feminine art form. As the premier platform for the development of Ballet in China?how does one reframe this story to a new Chinese audience" Can the spatial qualities echo the nature of the art form" This was the brief we gave ourselves when we were commissioned to work on the design of the Morning Star Ballet Foundation.

© Liu Yang

We explored instead, a dual-faceted notion of Ballet, focusing on the one hand, a visual performance o...