Chapelle Corneille

— Rouen (76) — 2015
Architect – Scenographer: Atelier King Kong / Ducks Sceno
Client: Upper Normandy Region
Location: Chapelle Corneille

Sphere, chandeliers, stages, pantographs, and acoustic deflectors
Originally, baroque referred to the imperfect pearl in pearl oyster farming. Here then is the pearl of its setting, the baroque Chapelle Corneille.

– The giant sphere, weighing 4 tons and 7 meters in diameter: it is mechanical and rotates on itself to serve alternately as a chandelier or a “fish-eye” mirror; its acoustic lens allows it to diffract sound throughout the auditorium.
– The mobile stage with translational movement
– The 18 sound-absorbing pantographs
– The acoustic deflectors integrated into the chairs
– 15 small chandeliers suspended in the chapel