架构师提供的文本描述。在中国这个浪漫超现实的水乡，开发商决定乌镇将成为国际戏剧节所在地的全球戏剧地图集中的一个重要名称。为了完成他的愿景，姚和他的团队被要求设计乌镇剧院。

Text description provided by the architects. In this romantic and surreal water village in China, the owner of the development decided that Wuzhen would be an important name in the global atlas of theater where an international theater festival would be located. In order to complete his vision, Kris Yao and his team was asked to design the Wuzhen Theater.

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陈大卫

最大的挑战是设计一座大型建筑，里面有两个剧院，背靠背有1200和600个座位，在中国南方这个传统的小水乡有现代化的戏院功能。该设计以文化吉祥的“孪生莲花”为隐喻，功能完美，两座戏院共用一个舞台区域，由两种椭圆形相互交织而成，一种是透明的，另一种是形式上的不透明。

The greatest challenge was to design a large building containing two theaters with 1200 and 600 seats back to back, with modern theater functions in this small, traditional water village in southern China. Using the culturally auspicious “twin lotus” as its metaphor, which functions perfectly with two theatres sharing one stage area, the design is composed of two oval shapes interlocking one another, one of them transparent and the opaque in form.

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(三)飞中英

由于戏剧节和旅游的双重目的，剧院的功能是多重的。包括正式的舞台表演，前卫的创作，时装秀，会议和婚礼.

Due to its dual purposes of the theater festival and tourism, the functions of the theaters are multifold. Possibilities include formal stage performances, avant-garde creations, fashion shows, conventions and wedding ceremonies.

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(三)飞中英

游客们乘木船或从桥对面的岛屿步行到剧院。右边较小的剧院位于“实心”空间内，其中厚厚的倾斜墙的踏板状部分，裹着古老的超大砖块，包裹在门厅周围。左边的大剧院，环绕在曲折的扇形玻璃前，以中国的窗户为主题，晚上闪闪发光，在水面上回荡，给这个超凡脱俗的水乡已经雾蒙蒙、超现实的气氛增添了魅力。

Visitors arrive at the theaters by wooden boats or on foot from an island across the bridge. The smaller theater to the right is located within the “solid’ volume, where pedal-like segments of thick reclining walls, clad in ancient super-sized brick, wrap around the foyer. The grand theater to the left, enclosed in the zigzag fan-shaped glass front with a Chinese window motif, glows in the evenings and reflects on the water, adding charm to the already misty and surreal atmosphere of this otherworldly water village.