2024-05-03T07:03:44-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/143531682/photos-of-mad-s-harbin-opera-house-released Julia Ingalls 2015-12-16T19:21:00-05:00 >2024-01-23T19:16:08-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/04/04ikwzdvbr5fl8oe.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Majestic doesn't cover it&mdash;to judge by these photos by Adam M&oslash;rk and Hufton+Crow, <a href="http://archinect.com/firms/cover/1276712/mad" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">MAD</a>'s new 850,000 square foot Harbin Opera House located on the titular Chinese city's Cultural Island is approaching a masterpiece.</p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/pc/pcyu3gqacfnie74j.jpg"></p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/jz/jz1ykuyrxa0s5o03.jpg"></p><p>With two theaters (The Grand Theater seats 1,600, the Small Theater 400) and a sprawling, unhurried attitude towards space, the design is very reflective of its physical surroundings.</p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/27/27t476ag1flpqynm.jpg"></p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/k5/k5rlm0c0zxvv3yze.jpg"></p><p>According to MAD Architects founding principal Ma Yansong,&nbsp;&ldquo;We envision Harbin Opera House as a cultural center of the future &ndash; a tremendous performance venue, as well as a dramatic public space that embodies the integration of human, art and the city identity, while synergistically blending with the surrounding nature."</p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/uf/ufua8jkq46sc3q4j.jpg"></p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/8l/8letb58551slcfcm.jpg"></p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/p5/p5bsu4a2m2stdks9.jpg"></p>