House of Dancing Water is a purpose-built entertainment venue within the City of Dreams integrated resort in Macau. Completed in 2010, the project combines advanced theatre engineering, aquatic performance infrastructure and large-scale technical systems to create one of the region’s most distinctive live entertainment attractions.
Developed by Melco Crown Entertainment and designed by Pei Partnership Architects, House of Dancing Water had a project value of HK$1.4 billion. The theatre was developed as part of the wider City of Dreams resort and was designed to accommodate a permanent resident production within a purpose-built venue.
The theatre has a capacity of 2,000 seats and features a 270-degree theatre-in-the-round configuration centred on a circular stage approximately 65 feet in diameter. The venue incorporates the world’s largest commercial pool, measuring approximately 160 feet in diameter and 26 feet in depth, with a maximum water storage capacity of 3.7 million gallons, more than five times the volume of an Olympic-sized swimming pool.
The facility also features approximately 239 automated fountains and 11 ten-tonne elevators, enabling the performance space to transform seamlessly between an aquatic stage and a solid floor stage configuration.
WT provided pre-contract and post-contract quantity surveying services for House of Dancing Water. Our commission covered the delivery of the theatre’s complex building, performance and aquatic infrastructure, including the specialised systems required to support its transformational stage and large-scale entertainment features as part of the City of Dreams development.