Earth Valley Theatre: Open-Air Avian Venue in Yixing
GOA (Group of Architects) has completed the Earth Valley Theatre, a 9,200-square-meter open-air venue in the Mingling Mountains near Yixing, China. Designed as a Gesamtkunstwerk, it blends architecture and landscape to facilitate human-bird interaction. The project, managed by Puy du Fou and developed for Jiangsu Mingling Yaohu Town Tourism Co., Ltd., includes acoustic consultancy by EZPro and ecological input from ToThree. The theatre serves as an alternative to traditional enclosed aviaries, promoting autonomous bird flight and interspecies coexistence. Photography by Chen Xi Studio. The project year is 2025.
Key facts
- Earth Valley Theatre is located in the Mingling Mountains near Yixing, China.
- The theatre covers 9,200 square meters.
- It is an open-air venue dedicated to human-bird interaction.
- The project is conceived as a Gesamtkunstwerk (total work of art).
- GOA (Group of Architects) is the architecture firm.
- Puy du Fou manages the aviary.
- The client is Jiangsu Mingling Yaohu Town Tourism Co., Ltd.
- Photography is by Chen Xi Studio.
Entities
Institutions
- GOA (Group of Architects)
- Puy du Fou
- Jiangsu Mingling Yaohu Town Tourism Co., Ltd.
- Yueshang Studio
- EZPro
- ToThree
- Chen Xi Studio
Locations
- Mingling Mountains
- Yixing
- China
- Earth Valley Theater