Haags Colosseum

The Hague Colosseum

In 2009, The Hague had the ambition to become European Capital of Culture in 2018. A studio led by former museum director Wim van Krimpen drew up a plan that included a number of temporary cultural stages. cepezed was commissioned to design a gigantic stage for the Malieveld.

client(s)
atelier DHCH 2018

location
Den Haag

user(s)
municipality the hague

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Colosseum Metamorphosis

The stage was designed as a contemporary version of the Colosseum in Rome and had to be able to hold some 5,000 people. The structure was constructed from steel scaffolding covered on the outside with a reproduction of M.C. Escher’s Metamorphosis. The Colosseum in The Hague would be suitable for performances as well as trade fairs and exhibitions.

In the end, it was not The Hague but Leeuwarden that became one of the two Cultural Capitals of 2018.