With the Théodore Gouvy theatre in the French town of Freyming- Merlebach, Dominique Coulon has designed an avant-garde home for music and theatre. As with many of his other new works, with this project the connection of architecture and social mission was also important for Coulon. As a result, the new theatre was intended to function as a location for mediation between the public body, the city as a collective and its inhabitants. The theatre standing on a base is impressive with its unusual shape and dimensions: the foyer has been moved to the upper part to identify the entrance, while transparent elements in the lower part provide views of the interior walkways. The foyer includes a vertical space with a route to an apparent interlocking arrangement of stairways that lead to the audito

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