The typology of the theatre had to be reinvented. Instead of the classical composition of proscenium theatres, the project replaces this with the concept of a porous building composed of free spaces defined by its circulation. The new Théâtre du Maillon thus attempts to redefine the usual boundaries: between the theatre and the city, between the exterior and the interior, between the front and the back of the theatre, between the artists and the public, and between the disciplines. One roof, one floor, and identical facades.

Maximum modularity and flexibility. The Maillon is the first theatre designed with the aim of offering a stage adapted to contemporary theatre. The indeterminacy sought by the architecture of Le Maillon thus revives a tradition of French theatre, making a stage of all places, like the theatre of the Jeu de Paume in the 18th century for example.