Triangular facets of perforated red metal frame the entrance to this cultural centre, completed by Paris studio Pe?riphe?riques for a town in north-west France (+ slideshow).

The partially see-through panels give an angular form to Espace Culturel de La Hague, a new 2,500-square-metre centre for music, dance and theatre in Beaumont-Hague, located on the Cotentin Peninsula.

According to Pe?riphe?riques directors Emmanuelle Marin and David Trottin, the aim was to reinterpret the forms of the surrounding landscape, which include hidden roads, dense hedge thickets and rolling topography.

"Building a cultural space in Beaumont-Hague, in Cotentin, means to integrate an architectural project that takes benefit from the landscape qualities of this piece of peninsula," they said.
"Sunken roads are planted with wooded hedges that protect from the wind, and become vegetal vaults to filter the light over time," they added. "These landscape elements are inspiring spaces that can be employed for the design."

The building comprises two storeys and is divided into two sections.

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One side provides a concert and theatre venue, along with all the necessary changing rooms and storage facilities, while the other side accommodates an academy of music and creative arts.

The red metal frames one of the building's two ...