An envelope of aluminum scales with patterns inspired in Escherian motifs protects a large balconied concert hall designed in the manner of Scharoun¹s Berliner Philaharmonie.
Located in the middle of Hamburg’s HafenCity, the Elbphilharmonie marks a location that was known to the public but not really accessible, and that will now become a center of social, cultural and daily life both for locals and visitors. The site is
Aeolus is a sound sculpture with a spheric-arch shape covered with steel tubes. Some of the tubes have tops with strings attached to them, transferring vibrations that make audible the sounds of the wind while amplifying the sky views through the tub
On Iceland’s east coast, Tvisöngur is a sound sculpture consisting of five inteconnected concrete domes with heights between two and four meters. Each dome has a resonance that corresponds to a tone in the island’s five-tone harmony tradition... [+]
The three pavilions are shaped as megaphones, built with untreated larch wood, and rest on stones collected in the surroundings. They function as attention amplifiers, prompting to listen to the sounds of the forest and to observe nature... [+]
Located in the small Polish city of Torun – whose old quarter is on the UNESCO World Heritage List since 1997 – the Jordanki Cultural and Congress Center goes up in a green ring around the historic center and looks out onto the river. This strategic
The philharmonic typology designed by Hans Scharoun has been the model for the grand auditoriums built in the last decades, all conceived as landmarks in their respective cities.
Buildings made for sound are also made for sight. My generation learned the rule that auditoria are constructions to be judged with one’s eyes closed, but in truth few buildings are enjoyed with such wide open eyes as those raised for music. Be they
