Swarte, His Art (And His Architecture). The Toneelschuur or the Success of a Transmedia Collaboration

Abstract

An experimental theater commissions a comic book artist to design a building. After securing funding and gaining community support with his proposal, the project has to be developed with an architectural studio. Through a narrative exploring the tension and negotiations between the initial design and its spatial execution, this article delves into authorship and the design processes in architecture, offering insights into an unexpectedly yet successful interdisciplinary collaboration.

Keywords

• theatre
• comics
• public building
• interdiscipline
• co-design