LOCATION CAPULALPAM OAXACA MEXICO 17.306079, -96.448734 “Archite c tu re is de em e d comple te only up on the inter ven tion of the human that e xp eriences it .” Tadao Ando
House of Music
Lo c ate d in the N or th M ount ain range of Oa xac a, Capulálp am, has many p e culiari ties . A s the main at trac tion, the b eaut y of it s natural landsc ap es and c apricious forms of the terrain, make of the natural env iron ment , a b asic condition of the design. T he vernacular archite c ture and it s 17th centur y church are also icons of the pla ce. Capulálp am is also k now n for it s music b and made up of children and te enager s , that on S aturdays and Sundays , are resp on sib le for b lowing their trump et s and play the drums to s t ar t a p ar t y atmosp here in the tow n . T he comission, for the orches tra was a sp a ce for rehear s als and present ations for the b and and also to b e an at trac tion to gene rate a source of incom e for the communit y.
DECEMBER 2016 ACADEMIC
O ne of the primar y aim of the proje c t was inte gration into the conte x t . T his is e xpresse d in the ro of, which form resp onds to the t y p e of terrain, and inside, the wav y shap e improve the acous tic . Another imp or t ant asp e c t was the sc ale