Onassis Cultural Centre
Athens, GreeceCompletion
2010Architect
Architecture-Studio (concept design & design development), Burrell Foley Fischer (auditorium interiors)
This new center for the Onassis Foundation includes a 1,000-seat theatre for orchestral concerts, theatre performances, opera, dance, cinema, lectures, and high-profile conferences. It also contains an intimate 300-seat theatre for smaller musical, theatre or dance performances, lectures, special audiovisual projections (multimedia and virtual reality), and conferences.
Services
Preliminary development including feasibilty study and design brief, concept design, theatre planning, theatre equipment design and specification, and architect selection (auditorium interiors)
Owner
Alexander S. Onassis Foundation
Users
Touring performances and national and regional groups
Acoustician
Xu Acoustique
Theatre type(s)
Commercial, Interactive media, Multipurpose theatre, Recital hall
Seat count(s)
880 / 220
Construction type
New construction