The City Theater at 7 Lam Son Square, District 1, built in 1897, has many degraded items and will be repaired and restored at a cost of 337 billion VND.
The information was given by Mr. Lam Ngo Hoang Anh, Chief of Office of the Department of Culture and Sports of Ho Chi Minh City at a press conference on the city's socio-economic situation on the afternoon of September 28. The renovation aims to preserve the national architectural and artistic relic, becoming a place to receive international visitors to the city, organize festivals, arts, and important events.
Mr. Lam Ngo Hoang Anh answered the press conference on the afternoon of September 28. Photo: Thanh Nhan
According to the resolution recently passed by the City People's Council, the theater will be renovated and restored, the main building will be supplemented with technical systems and equipment; and the relocation, preservation, and use of artifacts and equipment during construction will be organized.
The theater is a national monument, so the important requirement when renovating is to ensure the original condition of the building. Therefore, the functional sector has 3D scanned the entire architectural work. This helps create data files with 3D images, correct size, current scale, components, elements... before repairing.
The renovation project will take more than three years to complete. In the fourth quarter of this year, a feasibility study report will be prepared; in 2024, the investment project, construction drawing design and total budget will be submitted for approval; in 2025, construction and installation will begin; in 2026, equipment installation, collection and display work will begin. The construction will be carried out in a rolling manner to ensure that functional rooms operate regularly.
A representative of the Department of Culture and Sports said that the detailed budget for each project item will be available when the Center for Monuments Conservation directly establishes a specific project. The repair process will have an additional step of dismantling, meaning the details must be taken down and then repaired and restored. Many materials must be imported from abroad to ensure requirements.
City Theater, morning of September 28. Photo: Quynh Tran
The city theater, when it first officially opened in 1900, was called the Saigon Opera House (L'Opera de Saigon), designed by architect Félix Olivier. The project was inspired by the Opera Garnier in Paris, designed in the Flamboyant Gothic architectural style of the French Third Republic in the 19th century.
In 1944, the theater was heavily damaged by bombs and stopped operating. It was not restored until more than 10 years later, but was used as the headquarters of the National Assembly and then the House of Representatives of the Republic of Vietnam. After 1975, it returned to its function of organizing performing arts.
Since then, the building has undergone a major restoration in 1998, on the occasion of the city's 300th anniversary of Saigon. At that time, Ho Chi Minh City spent 25 billion VND to restore the relief sculptures on the walls and statues to their original form, and restore some decorations with new materials. The theater is also equipped with a modern electrical system, sound and lighting, stage...
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