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Béthune Cinéma

Olivier Palatre Architectes

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Justine Fox
Justine Fox Cofounder | Colour Specialist at Calzada Fox
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Tina Norden
Tina Norden Partner at Conran and Partners
Clearly very functional and intende...
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Ruud Belmans
Ruud Belmans Creative Director at WeWantMore
Feels like there was too much singl...
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Anne-Rachel Schiffmann
Anne-Rachel Schiffmann Director of Interior Architecture at Snøhetta
A clean and professional-looking of...
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Omar Abdelghafour
Omar Abdelghafour Founder Principal at Light Space Design
Clever lighting transparent yet pri...
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Sonia Tomic
Sonia Tomic Senior Associate, Head of Furniture & Materials at Universal Design Studio
Lovely sense of simplicity, proport...
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6.25
Leni Popovici
Leni Popovici Founding Director and Partner at KAP Studios
The design has a strong conceptual...
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Veronica Givone
Veronica Givone Managing Director Hospitality at IA Interior Architects
I'm sure this space is very practic...
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Christiaan Fokkema
Christiaan Fokkema Partner at Hollandse Nieuwe
The fundamental thought process beh...
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Stefan Weil
Stefan Weil CCO at Atelier Markgraph
Clear, minimalistic, a classic usag...
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Gudy Herder
Gudy Herder Trend Consultant at Eclectic Trends
I love the idea of how employees fi...
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Mengjie Liu
Mengjie Liu Cofounder at Sò Studio
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Yifan Wu
Yifan Wu Cofounder at Sò Studio
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Liam Doyle
Liam Doyle Principal at Jump Studios
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Client
Etoile Cinémas
Floor area
5742 ㎡
Completion
2020

With this project, we wanted to give back its nobility to the practice of cinema and make visitors privileged guests. Inspired by the spectacle of the street transfigured by the signs of William Klein’s Broadway by night (1958), we drew on the great architecture of entertainment (opera, theaters) to design an opulent, legible, attractive architecture that would radiate the richness of the 7th art and make this culture accessible to all.

For this, we have designed a legible, attractive and festive architecture. Appearing on Place François Mitterrand, the grey and white concrete monolith with its sober and elegant lines is made evanescent by its double metal skin illuminated by a network of LEDs forming a starry vault in the heart of the city. Contrasting with this neutral monumentality, the interior chromatism based on a complementary orange and blue color scheme gives off a dynamic and opulent atmosphere.

By night as well as by day, the Etoile Cinémas multiplex in Béthune intends to become an emblematic place of the city policy of Béthune – Smart City, and a new landmark for its inhabitants. It will also support the development of the ZAC de la Gare, adjacent to the Nicolas Michelin eco-district.