Glowing Caterpillar

Studio Samira Boon joined forces with NEXT Architects to design Glowing Caterpillar, a folding structure measuring 30 metres in length and nearly three metres in height, to transform the main Concert Hall of Theaters Tilburg into an intimate space during smaller chamber music concerts. When the lights are turned off, the pattern of the glow-in-the-dark yarn glimmers subtly and forms a backdrop for the musicians.

The TextielLab organised a design contest (pitch), in which designers were asked to develop a partition for the Concert Hall. From the proposals submitted by several renowned Dutch design agencies, the theatre’s director Rob van Steen and an expert jury eventually selected Samira Boon and NEXT Architects, who had the most innovative proposal. The partition is inspired by the undulating movement that caterpillars make when they crawl.