Renovation of Shell Theatre (Central Island Performance Venue) by DUTS

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由DUTS杜兹设计主持改造设计的北京朝阳公园贝壳剧场（湖心演艺岛）已焕新亮相。设计团队采用建筑、景观与空间一体化更新策略，摒弃大拆大建的传统路径，以“自然中的演艺中心”为设计愿景，以“10%界面更新”的低干预手法循场地原生肌理重塑剧场边界，实现了自然与艺术的无界共生。

The renovated Shell Theatre (Central Island Performance Venue) in Beijing Chaoyang Park, delivered by DUTS design, has been officially unveiled. Adopting an integrated renewal approach that unifies architecture, landscape and spatial design, the design team departed from the conventional demolition-and-reconstruction model. Guided by the vision of a Performing Arts Center Embedded in Nature, the project reshapes the theatre’s boundaries by following the site’s original texture through a low-intervention “10% interface renewal” strategy, achieving seamless integration of nature and art.

▼ 改造策略，Design Strategy ©︎ 杜兹设计

设计策略：唤醒“自然中的演艺中心”
Design Concept: Awaken the Performing Arts Center Rooted in Nature

这座最初为2008年北京奥运会配套建设的户外演艺空间，坐落于朝阳公园中心岛、三面被北湖环抱，是亮马河文化经济带上核心的滨水公共节点。

Originally constructed as a supporting outdoor performance venue for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, the venue sits on the central island of Chaoyang Park, surrounded by the North Lake on three sides, and serves as a core public waterfront node along the Liangma River Cultural and Economic Belt.

▼基地位于朝阳公园核心地段，Site analysis  ©︎ 杜兹设计

朝阳公园湖心演艺岛的改造，既要承载亮马河国际风情水岸的整体规划，也直面其核心矛盾：场地根植于公共公园，具有开放自然的公共属性和适配市民日常游憩的需求；同时又需具备专业演出承载能力，满足世界级的公共文化艺术表达。此外，与很多存量更新项目一样，都面对着多种复杂情况。

The renovation of Chaoyang Park’s Central Island Performance Venue aligns with the overall planning of the Liangma River International Scenic Waterfront while addressing its core spatial contradiction. Rooted in a public park, the site retains an open, natural public character and caters to citizens’ daily recreational needs, yet it must also support professional performances and enable world-class public cultural and artistic presentation. Furthermore, similar to many urban renewal projects for existing spaces, the renovation is constrained by a variety of complex conditions.

▼ 改造前的贝壳剧场，Before renewal ©︎ 山间影像

面对多重约束，杜兹设计创始人、主持建筑师钟凌提出了精准介入的更新思路：“贝壳剧场坐落于朝阳公园中心岛，‘公园’是它最独一无二的先天禀赋。我们从建筑、空间与景观的多维度分析入手，循着场地原生的肌理脉络去重塑剧场边界，打破剧场与公园原本的割裂，让演艺空间融入自然，使其成为生长于自然中的世界级文化演艺中心。”

▼设计改造策略，Design stragtegy&process ©︎ 杜兹设计

Facing multiple constraints, Zhong Ling, Founder and Principal Architect of DUTS design, proposed a precise intervention-based renewal approach: “Located on the central island of Chaoyang Park, the Shell Theatre’s greatest inherent advantage lies in its park setting. Through multi-dimensional analysis of architecture, space and landscape, we reshape the theatre’s boundaries by following the site’s original texture, dissolving the long-standing divide between the theatre and the park. This approach integrates the performance space into nature, evolving the venue into a world-class cultural and performance center grown out of its natural surroundings.”

▼项目概览，overview of the project ©︎ 山间影像

基于这一思路，设计团队最终最大限度的保留了场地原有空间骨架、生态肌理与场地记忆，以 “10% 界面更新” 的低干预策略完成整场改造，唤醒了这片滨水场地的原生潜力。

Based on this philosophy, the design team preserves the site’s original spatial framework, ecological texture and site memory to the greatest extent. Adopting the low-intervention strategy of “10% interface renewal”, the project completes the overall renovation and unlocks the inherent potential of this waterfront site.

▼清晰而通透的边界让自然的层次与质感变得更加可感，
Clear and transparent boundaries make the layers and textures of nature more tangible ©︎ 山间影像

循肌理而建，重构剧场边界
Restructuring Theatre Boundaries upon Site Texture

改造的核心逻辑，是对场地基因的顺势转译，更是对公园与剧场空间旅程的重新塑造。

The core logic of the renovation lies in the adaptive interpretation of the site’s intrinsic character and the reshaping of the spatial journey between the park and the theatre.

▼公园与剧场空间旅程的重新塑造，
the reshaping of the spatial journey between the park and the theatre ©︎ 山间影像

前场广场循着贝壳剧场与生俱来的扇形基底，通过地面铺装以剧场中心为原点向外缓缓辐射，让建筑形态、地面肌理与公园环境完成彼此承接。游人从公园步入广场，顺着地面肌理的引导自然地进入剧场场域。同时，设计团队沿循场地原生的环形脉络，植入一组放射状排布的景观片墙，替换了原本封闭的全包围界面，以更“无界”的方式完成观演场域的围合。

Following the Shell Theatre’s inherent fan-shaped form, the front plaza features pavement radiating outward from the theatre’s center, seamlessly connecting architectural form, ground texture and the park environment. Visitors walking from the park into the plaza are naturally guided by the ground texture into the theatre precinct. Meanwhile, in line with the site’s original circular spatial structure, the design team introduces a set of radially arranged landscape screen walls to replace the original fully enclosed perimeter. This approach redefines the performance zone’s enclosure in a more open, permeable manner.

▼游人从公园步入广场， Visitors walking from the park into the plaza ©︎ 山间影像

这组灰白片墙以几何切割与错落层级的形态，赋予了演艺空间清晰的秩序感与标识性。

This set of gray and white screen walls features geometric cuts and staggered layering, endowing the performance space with clear spatial order and strong visual identity.

▼景墙立面图，Elevation of the landscape wall ©︎ 杜兹设计

这些遵循原有脉络的景墙，也重新定义了 “剧场边界” 的意义：它不再是一道隔绝内外的屏障，而是一面面向自然的取景框，更是剧场与周边环境对话的媒介。墙体的镂空与转折处，公园的林木、湖面的天光被有序地纳入视野，自然不再是剧场外围的背景，而成为演艺空间本身的一部分。

These context-responsive landscape walls redefine the meaning of a theatre boundary. Rather than acting as a barrier separating inside from outside, they function as viewing frames opening onto nature and serve as a medium for dialogue between the theatre and its surroundings. Through hollowed openings and folded wall sections, the park’s greenery and sky reflections on the lake are carefully framed into view. Nature is no longer a backdrop beyond the theatre, but an integral part of the performance space itself.

▼演艺空间清晰的秩序感与标识性，
The clear sense of order and distinctive identity of the performance space ©︎ 山间影像

▼这些遵循原有脉络的景墙，也重新定义了 “剧场边界” 的意义：它不再是一道隔绝内外的屏障，而是一面面向自然的取景框，更是剧场与周边环境对话的媒介，These retaining walls that follow the original layout have also redefined the meaning of “the boundary of the theater”: it is no longer a barrier separating the inside and outside, but rather a frame facing the natural world, and even a medium for the theater to communicate with the surrounding environment ©︎ 山间影像

日光穿过墙体的缝隙，在地面与台阶上投下随时间游走的几何光影；风从林间来，顺着片墙的转折间隙穿入观演场域，携带着草木与湖水的气息。春时新叶探过墙沿，秋日金叶落在墙脚，四季的物候都沿着这道边界缓缓渗入剧场，让原本静态的建筑界面，成为一幅随自然节律变换的动态画框。

Sunlight filters through gaps in the walls, casting shifting geometric shadows across the ground and steps throughout the day. Winds from the woodland drift through gaps between the folded walls into the performance area, carrying the fresh scent of foliage and lake water. In spring, new leaves peek over the wall tops; in autumn, golden leaves gather at the wall bases. Seasonal rhythms gently permeate the theatre through this boundary, transforming the originally static architectural interface into a dynamic frame that evolves with natural cycles.

▼人身处剧场之中，能明确地感知到自己正置身自然里，观看一场发生在自然中的演出，
Being inside the theater, one can clearly sense that they are actually in nature, watching a performance taking place in nature ©︎ 山间影像

清晰而通透的边界让自然的层次与质感变得更加可感 —— 人身处剧场之中，能明确地感知到自己正置身自然里，观看一场发生在自然中的演出。剧场从 “封闭的观演容器” ，转变为 “自然中的演艺中心”。

The clear, permeable boundaries make the layers and textures of nature more tangible. Within the theatre, visitors can keenly feel immersed in nature, watching performances unfold within the natural landscape. The theatre has thus been transformed from an enclosed viewing container into a performing arts center embedded in nature.

▼剧场从 “封闭的观演容器” ，转变为 “自然中的演艺中心”，The theater has transformed from a “secluded viewing and performing enclosure” to a “performing center in nature” ©︎ 山间影像

不同于仅依托天然地形简单修整而成的自然系演出场地，贝壳剧场是一处经过严谨系统化设计、匹配高演出标准的户外演艺场域。舞台区域面积超 500 平方米，七层阶梯式观演草坪依地势舒展铺开，形成经过精准校准的观演视线与声场条件，可容纳 2800 至 3400 名观众，匹配高品质户外艺术演出标准，是北京首个临湖水上户外演出空间。

Unlike informal natural performance venues simply carved out of raw terrain, the Shell Theatre is a rigorously designed outdoor performance space built to high professional standards. With a stage area of over 500 square meters, the venue features seven tiers of terraced viewing lawns laid out along the natural topography. Precision-calibrated for optimal sightlines and acoustics, the theatre can accommodate an audience of 2,800 to 3,400, fully meeting the standards for high-quality outdoor artistic performances. It stands as Beijing’s first lakeside outdoor performance venue.

▼舞台区域面积超 500 平方米，七层阶梯式观演草坪依地势舒展铺开，With a stage area of over 500 square meters, the venue features seven tiers of terraced viewing lawns laid out along the natural topography ©︎ 山间影像

▼内场功能分析，Analysis of Internal Functionality ©︎ 杜兹设计

▼入场模式人流分析，Entrance Mode Crowd Flow Analysis ©︎ 杜兹设计

▼观演模式人流分析，Analysis of Crowd Flow in Performance Viewing Mode ©︎ 杜兹设计

▼改造后的贝壳剧场内的演出，The performances held in the renovated Shell Theatre ©︎ 朝阳文旅

剧场与公园之间，形成了更加灵活的可分可合模式。演出期间，通透的边界适度收缩，形成秩序井然的专业艺术场域。湖面的暮色与天光成为天然的舞台背景，林间的风声、水面的轻响化作最生动的环境和声，专业的声学设计与自然声场彼此相融，让每一场演出都拥有独一份的自然质感。无演出的日常时段，整片场地完全对外开放，回归公园的公共底色。分层台阶、缓坡草坪、折墙围合的休闲角落全部向市民敞开，可临湖漫步、静坐放空、亲子嬉戏、组团休憩，成为人人可达、氛围松弛的亲水休憩目的地，充分释放场地的公园特质与公共活力。

A flexible spatial model that alternates between separation and integration is established between the theatre and the park. During performances, the permeable boundaries can be temporarily closed to form an orderly professional performance venue. Dusk hues and natural skylight over the lake serve as a natural stage backdrop, while rustling trees and soft rippling water form a vivid ambient soundscape. Professional acoustic design blends seamlessly with the natural sound environment, giving every performance a unique natural quality. On non-performance days, the entire site opens fully to the public, reverting to its fundamental role as public park space. Terraced steps, gently sloping lawns and leisure nooks enclosed by folded walls are all accessible to citizens. Visitors may stroll by the lake, sit in quiet relaxation, enjoy family time or gather with groups. As an accessible, relaxing waterfront retreat for all, the site fully unlocks its park attributes and public vitality.

▼演出期间，通透的边界适度收缩，形成秩序井然的专业艺术场域，During performances, the permeable boundaries can be temporarily closed to form an orderly professional performance venue ©︎ 山间影像

▼无演出的日常时段，整片场地完全对外开放，回归公园的公共底色，On non-performance days, the entire site opens fully to the public, reverting to its fundamental role as public park space ©︎ 山间影像

消隐边界，生长于自然的剧场
Growing Theatre in Nature with Dissolving Boundaries

改造积极响应《北京花园城市专项规划（2023年—2035年）》的核心理念，围绕“公园—剧场—公园”的完整游赏旅程梳理空间体系，让剧场真正融于公园的整体环境之中，在动线、植被、水系各个层面与周边环境自然衔接。南侧原本被剧场割裂的三段临水界面被彻底贯通，滨水漫步道与公园整体游线无缝衔接，让剧场从一个封闭的目的地，变成朝阳公园滨水游赏路径上的一处自然停留点。

▼打通滨水流线，circulation optimize ©︎ 杜兹设计

Actively responding to the core concepts of the Special Plan for Beijing Garden City (2023–2035), the renovation takes ecology as its fundamental baseline. It organizes the spatial system around a seamless park-theatre-park visitor experience, fully integrating the theatre into the overall park environment with natural continuity in circulation, vegetation and water systems. On the southern side, three previously disconnected waterfront sections once separated by the theatre are now fully connected. The waterfront promenade links seamlessly with the park’s overall visitor route, transforming the theatre from an enclosed destination into a natural stop along Chaoyang Park’s waterfront landscape corridor.、

▼南侧原本被剧场割裂的三段临水界面被彻底贯通，滨水漫步道与公园整体游线无缝衔接，The three water-facing sections that were originally separated by the theater have been completely connected. The waterfront walking path seamlessly integrates with the overall park circulation route. ©︎ 山间影像

设计顺着原有坡地高差，以阶梯与花境衔接起不同标高的滨水观景台，拓展出多层次的观水视野 —— 近岸的水生植物与水面相接，远处的林冠线与天际线舒展铺开，人行其间，视线在水面、花境与剧场空间之间自由切换。

Following the original terrain elevation, the design connects waterfront viewing platforms at different elevations via terraces and flower borders, creating layered water-viewing experiences. Near-shore aquatic plants blend into the water surface, while the distant tree canopy line unfolds smoothly against the skyline. As visitors walk through, their gaze shifts freely between the water, flower borders and theatre spaces.

▼无演出的日常时段，整片场地完全对外开放，回归公园的公共底色，During the non-performance hours, the entire venue is fully open to the public, reverting to the park’s original public character ©︎ 山间影像

场地原生的乔木被悉数保留并优化，树冠在观演区上方投下错落的荫凉，树根的生长脉络也被完整尊重，硬质铺装主动为植被退让，让建筑的肌理与自然的肌理彼此咬合、相互渗透。景观种植设计强调选用适应当地气候的北京本土植物及表现良好的新优品种，通过优化林下空间、增加观赏草与宿根花卉等手法，构建契合北京气候特征、三季有花、四季可赏的中低维护花园体系，塑造一个兼具生态韧性、视觉美感与人文温度的景观环境。

All existing native trees on site are fully preserved and thoughtfully integrated. Their canopies cast dappled, layered shade over the performance area, while the natural growth patterns of their root systems are fully respected. Hard paving makes way for vegetation, allowing architectural and natural textures to interlock and permeate seamlessly. The landscape planting scheme adopts native Beijing species and well-proven improved varieties adapted to the local climate. By refining understory spaces and adding ornamental grasses and perennials, the design establishes a low-maintenance garden system tailored to Beijing’s climate, with blooms across three seasons and year-round visual interest. It ultimately creates a landscape that balances ecological resilience, aesthetic appeal and humanistic warmth.

▼场地原生的乔木被悉数保留并优化，树冠在观演区上方投下错落的荫凉，树根的生长脉络也被完整尊重，All existing native trees on site are fully preserved and thoughtfully integrated. Their canopies cast dappled, layered shade over the performance area, while the natural growth patterns of their root systems are fully respected ©︎ 山间影像

设计团队在滨水界面植入艺术市集、轻食商业等复合功能场景，将自然景观与商业生态有机串联，让剧场从单一的演艺空间转变为集观赏、体验、消费于一体的滨水社交节点。沿水岸全线采用浅水种植区与浅水置石处理，以生态化手法替代传统栏杆，在保障安全的同时，最大限度地激发滨水潜能。临水而坐，尽享自然与湖光的乐趣。

The design team introduces compound functional scenarios including art markets and casual dining along the waterfront, organically linking the natural landscape with commercial activity. The theatre has thus evolved from a single-function performance venue into a waterfront social hub integrating viewing, experience and consumption. Along the entire waterfront, shallow planting zones and scattered ornamental stones replace traditional railings as an ecological solution. While ensuring safety, this approach maximizes the waterfront’s recreational potential. Visitors can sit by the water and fully immerse themselves in the lake and natural scenery.

▼景观效果图-滨水场景，Landscape effect drawing – Waterfront scene ©︎ 杜兹设计

演艺功能与生态体验的无界融合，将剧场最大原生优势唤醒，完成“自然中的演艺中心”的蜕变。

The seamless integration of performance functions and ecological experience unlocks the site’s greatest inherent advantages, completing its transformation into a “Performing Arts Center Embedded in Nature”.

▼ 剧场的配套空间也同步进行了更新，为人们带来更多便利，Auxiliary spaces of the theater have undergone renovation to offer more convenient services to the public ©︎ 山间影像

结 语
Conclusion

朝阳公园贝壳剧场（湖心演艺岛）的微更新，是一场四两拨千斤的轻量化设计实践，也是朝阳推进“演艺之都”建设的重要落地载体。经由更新，“自然中的演艺中心”被唤醒，城市公共空间被持续激活。这里先后吸引了包括西班牙弗拉明戈经典舞剧《卡门》、BBC Earth系列视听音乐会等在内的国际演出，成为承接高端艺术展演、赋能城市夜间经济的重要阵地，运营的落地也给了设计团队巨大的鼓舞。

The micro-renewal of Chaoyang Park’s Shell Theatre (Central Island Performance Venue) is a lightweight design practice that delivers maximum impact with minimal intervention, and serves as a key project supporting Chaoyang District’s endeavor to build itself into a “Capital of Performing Arts”. Through renovation, the Performing Arts Center Embedded in Nature has been revitalized, continuously energizing urban public spaces. It has hosted a lineup of international productions including the classic Spanish flamenco dance drama Carmen and the BBC Earth immersive audio-visual concert series, establishing itself as a key venue for high-end artistic performances and exhibitions that power the city’s nighttime economy. The successful launch of operations has been a tremendous source of encouragement for the design team.

▼经由更新，“自然中的演艺中心”被唤醒，城市公共空间被持续激活出，
Through the update, “The Performing Center in Nature” was awakened, and the urban public spaces were continuously reactivated ©︎ 朝阳文旅

此次改造践行北京有机更新核心理念，以尊重场地肌理、守护自然生态为核心，重构了剧场与城市公园的共生关系。项目以最小的干预唤醒了最大的场地价值，也为国内城市既有公共空间的有机更新，留下了一份具有创新性与落地性的设计实践答案。

Guided by the core philosophy of Beijing’s urban organic renewal, the entire renovation is centered on respecting site texture and preserving natural ecology, redefining the symbiotic relationship between the theatre and the urban park. By unlocking maximum site value through minimal intervention, the project sets an innovative and practicable design example for the organic renewal of existing urban public spaces across China.

▼改造重构了剧场与城市公园的共生关系，以最小的干预唤醒了最大的场地价值，也为既有公共空间的有机更新留下了一份具有创新性与落地性的设计实践答案，The renovation and reconfiguration of the symbiotic relationship between the theater and the urban park has awakened the maximum value of the site with the least intervention. It has also left a set of innovative and practical design solutions for the organic renewal of the existing public spaces ©︎ 杜兹设计

项目名称：北京朝阳公园贝壳剧场（湖心演艺岛）改造项目
项目地点：北京市朝阳区农展南路1号朝阳公园中心岛内
项目业主：北京昆泰控股集团有限公司
项目⾯积：14900平方米
方案设计：DUTS杜兹设计
主持建筑师： 钟凌
方案设计团队：彭旭、冯振铎、张妍、杨琳冰
景观设计：刘小慧、刘小璇
设计时间：2024年
建成时间：2025年
摄影：山间影像

Project Name: Renovation of Shell Theatre (Central Island Performance Venue), Chaoyang Park, Beijing
Location: Central Island, Chaoyang Park, No.1 Nongzhan South Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, P.R.China
Client: Beijing Kuntai Holding Group Co., Ltd.
Site Area: 14,900 ㎡
Scheme Design: DUTS design
Principal Architect: Zhong Ling
Scheme Design Team: Peng Xu, Feng Zhenduo, Zhang Yan, Yang Linbing
Landscape Design: Liu Xiaohui, Liu Xiaoxuan
Design Period: 2024
Completion Year: 2025
Photography: Shan-jian images

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