Photo credit: Hariri Pontarini Architects
In a town hall meeting held last month, the Stratford Festival unveiled Hariri Pontarini Architects? international competition winning design for the proposed new Tom Patterson Theatre, which it hopes to build over the coming year.
The project began with a ?dream to build a new facility that will be a jewel on the Avon, and that will rival some of the most beautiful theatres in the world,? said Artistic Director Antoni Cimolino.
The Stratford Festival invited 50 international firms to submit their credentials. From there, the committee selected eight architects for an interview. The list was further shortened to four firms that were invited to take part in the design competition. After this extensive international search, the Festival selected Siamak Hariri, of Toronto-based Hariri Pontarini Architects, to take on the project. Photo credit: Hariri Pontarini Architects
?We approached dozens of firms from around the world, but the work of Canada?s own Siamak Hariri stood out and was the Board?s unanimous choice,? said Dan Bernstein, Chair of the Festival?s Board of Governors and head of the architectural selection committee.
Upon selection, Hariri said, ?We are honoured to be working so closely with Artistic Director Antoni Cimolino, Executive Director Anita Gaffney, and the Stratford team, and join them in aspiring to design a theatre unlike any other, embodying creativity and encouraging engagement and imagination. We aim to tur...