Cube Stage

What We Did Acoustic Predictions. Audio System Design, Supply, Install and Programming. Lighting System Supply and Installation. Location Winnipeg MB, Canada Owner/Architect/Consultants/Builder Exchange District BIZ, City of Winnipeg / 456876 Architecture Inc Completed 2010 Project Cost $1M Photography Sound Art, 456876 Architecture, James Brittain Photography

$The Cube - Old Market Square ‘The Cube’ is an open-air performance venue situated in Old Market Square, an iconic green space and summer festival hub in Winnipeg’s historic Exchange District. In 2009, 5468796 won an invited competition with a multi-functional design that throws out the old bandshell concept on the grounds that when a conventional stage is not in use it looks forlorn - especially through the city’s long winters. A concrete structure enclosed by a flexible metal membrane, The Cube functions as a multipurpose environment. The membrane is composed of 20,000 identical hollow aluminum pieces strung together on aircraft cables. The orientation of the pieces alternates, forming a malleable and shimmering curtain that can stand like a wall, be pulled in to reveal the performance space, or function as a light-refracting surface - allowing it to morph into a projection screen, concert venue, shelter or sculptural object. When the stage is closed, the membrane’s diamond extrusions capture and refract internal lighting or projections to their outer surface, creating a unique pixel matrix for artists to appropriate at will.$

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