The theater occupies an area of 2.1 hectares, facing the People’s Boulevard in the south,
along Huangpi Road North in the west, next to the Shanghai Municipal Building in the East.
The new style architecture combines the Eastern and Western flavor. While naturally choosing to represent Chinese tradition, Jean also wished to make a dynamic architectural statement with his surrounding complex, at the historical center of the city. The roof is constructed as an upturned segment of a circle, symbolizing The Sky. Thus, with the surrounding glass facades and pillared entrance hall, a symbolically rich structure is created to contain mostly Western art,
and this duality plays a central role in the architecture.
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