AUDITORIUM NIEMEYER CULTURE CENTRE The Oscar Niemeyer International Cultural Center will be a cultural complex of international importance, attracting knowledge and artistic creations that will contribute to the economic and urban regeneration of the Estuary of AvilĂŠs, which is undergoing a complete industrial transformation. The first stone was laid in April 2008 and the inauguration of the centre is planned for 2010. It is hoped the centre will be a magnet for talent, knowledge and creativity, as well as promoting local contents. It will have a strong focus on collaboration with international cultural centres.
Plan situation
Main elevation
Longitudinal section
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Inner an outer
For Niemeyer every project has to be contained in a litlle sketch and once the suportted skeleton is finished, his architecture must be cosider done. The formwork is hanged from the vault. During the building work they were used prop of five meters as much. In the stalls there are some holes in the ground which contains the air conditioning and the heating system.
Stage part
The images that appeared at the top show how the stage will be.It can change its position, that means that it could be use as an interior space for different purposes, and as an exterior stage for open representations. This condition allows the auditorium to increase its capacity. The exterior part of the stage is constructed as a cantilever and it is face to the parking and the museum, as it is shown in the picture on the bottom. Stage: - Total height: 25m - Mouth stage: 8.40 m - Motors, curtain, curtain parking‌
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CONSTRUCTION DETAILS:
- Formwork in one or two sides.
- Double slab.
- Double directional curve.
- Polygonal interior formwork then covered with pladur, insulation and decoration.
- The vault has 75m of span and 180 m length, 60 m of separation between walls and 30 m of separation in the stage. - In the 2 first meters there are two concrete layers and a hole between them, and then they meet in one single layer of 0.50 m.
- Wall thickness between 0.35 and 0.40m - Materials: _Steel 5000 _Concrete resistance 400 _Fiber edition h40
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Construction process
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... 2003
1936
Ibirapuera auditorium, Brasil
Oscar Niemeyer
2008
Auditorium, Niemeyer Cultural Centre
“Life is more important than architecture” IBIRAPUERA AUDITORIUM
CULTURAL CENTRE AUDITORIUM
Plan: trapezoid form ( geometrical)
Plan: Curvilinear form
Section: triangle form (geometrical)
Section: Curvilinear form
Reinforced concrete painted white
Reinforced concrete painted in white
3parts: - Sequence of foyer From the - Audience exterior to - Stage the interior
3parts: - Sequence of foyer From the - Audience exterior to - Stage the interior
Group: Oca, semi-sphere Auditorium
Group: Museum Cafeteria Auditorium Marquise
Pure and white
Articulation of the group: - Civic square - Marquee (painted in red) - Footbridge
Articulation of the group: - Civic square - Marquee (painted in red) - Footbridge - Yellow fachade
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