MUSIC PAVILION AENG 352 Aya Abdallah
AENG 352-‐ Design Studio II-‐ The Architecture of Expression-‐ Fall 2011 The objective of this second project is to explore the power of architecture to express meaning through form and space. Past projects have included the expression of art, performance, identity and freedom. This semester we will be exploring the spatial expression of music. Since first attributed this quality in the late 1700’s by philosopher Goethe, architecture has been called “frozen music”. Many of the dynamic characteristics of music that give it quality and excellence have parallel attributes in the world of architecture-‐ rhythm, balance, climax, focus, repetition, measure, harmony and flow. These attributes, and their parallelisms, will be the key to designing the space and form of your project to symbolize, express and facilitate the enjoyment of music. Taking a layered approach of both expression and function you are required to design a music pavilion for contemporary middle-‐eastern music performance in the south end of Azhar Park here in Cairo. Maps showing the site and specific location of the chosen plot of land will be presented in class. Students are expected to visit the site to gather relevant visual and physical data to inform their site analysis and consequent design process. Program: •
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Backstage: including o dressing rooms for both sexes o showers and bathrooms for both sexes o 2 acoustically treated rehearsal spaces o storage Electrical and Audio/Visual control room Performance stage Open air seating for 150 persons Audience bathrooms Ticket booth Any additional appropriate services needed
INSPIRATION PICTURES ABOUT MUSIC:
THE SOUND WAVE THE RHYTHM
FRAGMENTED MUSIC TRADITIONAL MUSIC (PATTERN) SOUND WAVE (TENSILE STRUCTURE)
PHASES: 1. ABSTRACT OR RANDOM PHASE: (DRAWING WHILE LISTENING TO MUSIC) 2. BRAINSTORMING PHASE:
Using sticks and threads. Using traditional colors of threads to reflect the traditional music. Using sticks with different heights
1. Pre-‐schematic design A Spine that consists of different height panels that takes an irregular curves and some of these panels are leaning slightly. Transferring this sticks to colored panels that has a traditional pattern of Ramadan’s tent.
Panels with Ramadan’s tent pattern engraved on the panel to the reflect the shape of it with the color on the panel.
Sketches:
2. Design • Smooth, dynamic, and kinetic • Mobile vertical shatters with colored printed glass • Deign of glass faced • Shatters act as a protection against sun reflects the rays outside because of colors. • Contextual: due to the reflection of the surrounding, element façade gains rhythm.
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The design is consists of the circles different is diameter and the panels different in heights and color representing the sound wave of the traditional music as he panels takes the colors and the pattern of the Arabic Ramadan rent that represents the traditional music in Egypt. The small circle is for the stage and the backstage overlooking a bigger circle, which is for the sitting area for the audience, and back to the sitting area there are the control room and the electricity room.
Some panels at the biggest circle that has the sitting area are movable panels as the can fold it if there is no performance or if there is another use of the pavilion. The panels move in the x-‐axis that can close and open by a certain space.
Daylight Shot:
As this is a pavilion in the azhar park, it is important to consider the light into consideration while designing. Thus, the music pavilion at day has a total reflection of the color and the pattern inside and outside the pavilion forming an interesting shape by the colors and the patterns.
Night Shot:
As it is a music pavilion, it is important also to consider the artcial light inside the pavilion and how it will reflect on the context around it. INTERIOR SHOTS:
POSTER:
PROCESS OF DOING THE MODEL:
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RANDOM SHOTS: