The history of the construction of the Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theatre (92 photos)

Novosibirsk State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre is the largest theater building in Russia. It was opened May 12, 1945 premiere of "Ivan Susanin" by Glinka. According to the original project this building was designed as a House of Science and Culture (see. Post on the history of design), where in addition to theatrical performances were to be celebrations, demonstrations and performances. Construction was started in 1931, but due to the high cost of the project has been suspended. In 1936 in the Moscow studio of academician A.Schuseva it has developed a new project, which received the Gold Medal of the World Exhibition in Paris Architecture in 1937.




28 August 1930 was allotted land for construction of the theater in the central square of the city with the condition to pay the main facade of the theater on Red avenue.


May 22, 1931 the solemn laying of the "first workshop" arrestor on Red Square (formerly the Fair or "Bazaar»).


Rally to mark bookmarks DNA


At the rally, the chairman of "komsoda" (Assistance Committee) IG Zaitsev.
On stage, it can be seen the layout of the future building arrestor.


May 23, 1932. The template for the shoe boxes scenic


Building site measuring 10 hectares was zatesnennoy.
It began on the Red Line Red Avenue (east side) of the street to street Semipalatinsk. Biisk, was surrounded by a fence.


Masonry walls of the lobby


Digging foundation for portal


View towards the area


Shoe lobbies


Leveling shoe lobbies


Sparrow


Check shoes lobbies Sparrow


The view from the lobby


Shoes lobbies


June 13, 1932. Betonirovka 1st floor lobby, shed semicircle.

July 1, was only on construction plan and the general breakdown of the drawings of foundations and reinforced concrete structures. Concrete works were accelerated pace.


Toe reinforcement on the 1st floor lobbies.




August 5, 1932. Lobby




Formwork on the 1st floor gully


Digging pits under the foundation of the left pocket


September 1, 1932. View from the south side


Interior view corridors


Lobby floor and basement of the left pocket








October 20th, 1932. Rama's ring lobby


January 26, 1933.




Forest stage box - rear view


April 15th, 1933. The lobby and corridors


Right pocket and stage box

A major challenge for the builders was the construction of the dome theater. The ratio of thickness to diameter of the dome is 1/750 (the ratio of the thickness of the shell of an egg to the diameter 1/250). To produce concreting the dome was necessary so that the parallel conduct work on the construction of structures of the amphitheater in the hall.


April 28, 1933. Tower to support farms formwork dome

In the middle of the hall was built 37-meter high tower of logs collected - is not allowed to clutter the room and forests along with concreting keep it working.










May 1, 1933. View from the Red prospectus


June 6, 1933. General view of the construction


Hold scenes


Stage box right pocket


Mechanical workshop


Fittings portal arch


June 27, 1933


Side facade of the lobby of the south side


Bucket lifts and concrete mixer


Work on the electric welding machine


The facade on the east side


July 28, 1933. Temporary installation of the formwork farms dome

At the suggestion of S.A.Polygalina farm holding formwork dome, going on the roof built by the time of the lobby, then menaced the central tower and moved around the ring in place.


August 4, 1933

The first farm was collected 35 days later - for 10 days. The last farm with good quality of work done per day.


Test load farms dome


Drilling farms stage box with an electric


Boiler-mechanical shop


August 15, 1933. Rama couloir 4th floor






August 28, 1933. General view of established farms dome


View of a farm on top of the dome


Top view of the dock


The moment of installation on farms odnorezku


The moment of installation farms dome support ring


Wrapping paired farms




Blocking segment farms formwork dome


Betonirovka 4th floor lobby


August 30, 1933




Left pocket


Right pocket


Stage box dock


September 3, 1933


September 11, 1933


The most unique part of the building - the construction of the dome with a diameter of 60 meters, a height of 35 m.




The lobby, decorated for the 16th anniversary of the October


Laying packages attic trusses dome


Street View Lenin