Processbook

AR­ CHI TEC TURE

Type Design Process LINLIN SONG

“Architecture is a visual art, and the buildings speak for themselves.�

-----Julia Morgan

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Opera is a form of art that involves singing, drama and heavy scenery. Some opera pieces include dance numbers and entire orchestras.

This form of art is respected for its longevity and complexity, as it began toward the latter parts of the 16th century. Its roots trace back to Europe, the country of Italy in particular.

The term opera literally translates into “labor” or “work”. This thought process is identified throughout the art form, as it contains very involved processes every step of the way. In Venice, operas became popular during the 1600’s, as they used a mix of tragedy, comedy and movement. Throughout the centuries, notable artists like Mozart, Alessandro Scarlatti and Gioachino Rossini have had a huge impact on the art form.

Operas were traditionally, and still are, performed in opera theaters, known as opera houses. These large structures typically feature elegant architecture and huge stages and seating arrangements. These theaters feature the stage, a pit for the orchestra, audience seating, backstage provisions and costume areas. Classic and modern contemporary performances fill these opera houses on a regular basis.

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People who love classical music, dramatic pieces and range in music and acting will enjoy the opera. Going to the opera is typically an event, with patrons dressing up to make an evening of it. People are also able to purchase opera recordings when they were not able to make it to the event. Some of the greatest opera houses still remain in Europe, with people coming from all over the world to catch a show. The United States is home to a number of noted opera houses, with New York, Chicago and Los Angeles putting on some of the best work in the country. Going to the opera is a tradition that has stood the test of time due to its charm and many elements that set it apart from other art forms.

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From the architect. Like pebbles in a stream smoothed by erosion, the Guangzhou Opera House sits in perfect harmony with its riverside location. The Opera House is at the heart of Guangzhou’s cultural development. Its unique twin-boulder design enhances the city by opening it to the Pearl River, unifying the adjacent cultural buildings with the towers of international finance in Guangzhou’s Zhujiang new town.

The 1,800-seat auditorium of the Opera House houses the very latest acoustic technology, and the smaller 400-seat multifunction hall is designed for performance art, opera and concerts in the round.

The design evolved from the concepts of a natural landscape and the fascinating interplay between architecture and nature; engaging with the principles of erosion, geology and topography. The Guangzhou Opera House design has been particularly influenced by river valleys – and the way in which they are transformed by erosion.

Fold lines in this landscape define territories and zones within the Opera House, cutting dramatic interior and exterior canyons for circulation, lobbies and cafes, and allowing natural light to penetrate deep into the building. Smooth transitions between disparate elements and different levels continue this landscape analogy. Custom moulded glass-fi-

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bre reinforced gypsum (GFRC) units have been used for the interior of the auditorium to continue the architectural language of fluidity and seamlessness.

The Guangzhou Opera House has been the catalyst for the development of cultural facilities in the city including new museums, library and archive. The Opera House design is the latest realization of Zaha Hadid Architects’ unique exploration of contextual urban relationships, combining the cultural traditions that have shaped Guangzhou’s history, with the ambition and optimism that will create its future.

The design concept evolves from two pebbles lying in a stream whose surfaces have been smoothed by erosion - a synthesis of architecture and geology. The multiple folds and indentations visible on the interior of the opera house relate to the grooved terrain of a natural landscape serrated by water. Externally its bulbous shape, smooth concrete surfaces and glazed incisions all forcefully evoke the natural topography of boulders, canyons and valleys improbably stranded in an urban setting and yet inexorably linked to the passage of water.

The theme of natural landscape is amplified in the theatre’s interiors. Plunging lobbies charge chaotically through the building footprint like sunken gorges cut into a valley. Ramps and staircases twist and wind determinedly up walls like paths wrapped around a rock face.

Walls and ceilings are brutally lacerated with parallel lines that distort perspective and lead the eye to absent vanishing points on artificial horizons. And natural light is admitted throughout by glass cages composed of an irregular, asymmetrical diagrid. Everywhere, the fluidity, movement and spatial disorientation of natural landscapes is recreated in artificial, man-made form.

But it is the main auditorium that makes the most visceral conceptual statement. Completely covered in gold-coloured acrylic panels and punctuated with thousands of spotlights, it glimmers like a precious metallic constellation or a giant, mutated musical instrument that has been cast into outer space. The effect is undeniably decadent and debauched, a

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In 1998 the National Assembly decides that Statsbygg would be the building client for the new operahouse, responsible for planning and management. Statsbygg procure services in the private sector, but are responsible for professional coordination and quality control of the consultants, contractors and suppliers.

The Norwegian Opera and Ballet is the building’s end user. They are Norway’s largest music and theatrical institution. Their core purpose is to be the national producer of opera, ballet, music and dance theatre, and concerts. They intend to have approx. 300 shows and 250,000 visitors per year. The Operahouse will be a workplace for approx. 600 employees from more than 50 professions.

The operahouse is the realisation of the winning competion entry. Four diagrams, which were part of the entry, explain the building’s basic concept.

“The wave wall” Opera and ballet are young artforms in Norway. These artforms evolve in an international setting . The Bjørvika peninsula is part of a harbour city, which is historically the meeting point with the rest of the world.. The dividing line between the ground ‘here’ and the water ‘there’is both a real and a symbolic threshold.

This threshold is realised as a large wall on the line of the meeting between land and sea, Norway and the world, art and everyday life.

This is the threshold where the public meet the art.

A detailed brief was developed as a basis for the competition. Snøhetta proposed that the production facitities of the operahouse should be realised as a self contained, ratio-

nally planned ‘factory’. This factory should be both functional and flexible during the planning phase as well as in later use. This flexibility has proved to be very important during the planning phase: a number of rooms and romm groups have been adjusted in collaboration with the end user. These changes have improved the buildings functionality without affecting the architecture.

The competion brief stated that the operahouse should be of high architectural quality and should be monumental in it’s expression.

One idea stood out as a legitimation of this monumentality: The concept of togetherness, joint ownership, easy and open access for all.

To achieve a monumentality based on these notions we wished to make the opera accessible in the widest possible sense, by laying out a ‘carpet’ of horizontal and sloping surfaces on top of the building. This carpet has been given an articulated form, related to the cityscape. Monumentality is achieved through horizontal extension and not verticality.

The conceptual basis of the competition, and the final building, is a combination of these three elements - The wave wall, the factory and the carpet.

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The Sydney Opera House is one of the world’s most creative and busiest arts centres, featuring world-leading performances and events.

Experience the Sydney Opera House’s attractions by enjoying a show, taking a behind-thescenes tour or sipping a cocktail at the Opera Bar as the sun sets over the beautiful harbour.

Situated on the beautiful Sydney Harbour, the Sydney Opera House welcomes millions of visitors from all over the world every year. Experience this iconic venue by attending one of the many world-class performances, including opera, ballet, plays, live music, symphonies, comedy, contemporary dance, musical theatre and more.

You can also absorb spectacular views over a cocktail at the Opera Bar. Watch Sydney Harbour shimmer at the sunset illuminates the brilliant Sydney Opera House sails.

Enjoy an intimate look at this vibrant performing arts centre on a guided, behind-the-scenes Sydney Opera House tour. Learn the fascinating history behind this building, as well as visiting the theatre spaces where over 1,600 performances take place every year.

The Sydney Opera House is a masterpiece of human creative genius and a daring and visionary experiment that has had an enduring influence on the emergent architecture of the late 20th century. Jørn Utzon’s original design is a great artistic monument and an exceptional building composition responding to the Sydney Harbour setting. It comprises three groups of interlocking vaulted ‘shells’ set upon a vast terraced platform and surrounded by terrace areas that function as pedestrian concourses.

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The two main halls are arranged side by side, with their long axes, slightly inclined from each other, generally running north-south. The auditoria face south, away from the harbour with the stages located between the audience and the city. The Forecourt is a vast open space from which people ascend the stairs to the podium. The Monumental Steps, which lead up from the Forecourt to the two main performance venues, are a great ceremonial stairway nearly 100 metres wide. The vaulted roof shells were designed by Utzon in collaboration with internationally renowned engineers Ove Arup & Partners with the final shape of the shells derived from the surface of a single imagined sphere. Each shell is composed of pre-cast rib segments radiating from a concrete pedestal and rising to a ridge beam. The shells are faced in glazed off-white tiles while the podium is clad in earth-toned, reconstituted granite panels. The glass walls are a special feature of the building, constructed according to the modified design by Utzon’s successor architect, Peter Hall.

The history surrounding the design and construction of the building is as controversial as its design. In 1956 the New South Wales Government called an open-ended international design competition and appointed an independent jury, rather than commissioning a local firm. The competition brief provided broad specifications to attract the best design talent in the world; it did not specify design parameters or set a cost limit.

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The Aesthetics of Contemperary Opera House By some of the top philosophers in the field of aesthetics as well as those in the architectural profession, this lecture will introduce the aesthetics of Guangzhou Opera which is designed by Zaha Hadid.

By some of the top philosophers in the field of aesthetics as well as those in the architectural profession, this lecture will introduce the aesthetics of Guangzhou Opera which is designed by Zaha Hadid.

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By some of the top philosophers in the field of aesthetics as well as those in the architectural profession, this lecture will introduce the aesthetics of Guangzhou Opera which is designed by Zaha Hadid.

By some of the top philosophers in the field of aesthetics as well as those in the architectural profession, this lecture will introduce the aesthetics of Guangzhou Opera which is designed by Zaha Hadid.

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The Aesthetics of Oslo Opera House By some of the top philosophers in the field of aesthetics as well as those in the architectural pro fession, this lecture will introduce the aesthetics of Guangzhou Opera which is designed by Zaha Hadid.

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Roger Paden

Academy of Art University

David Goldblatt

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Academy of Art University

The Aesthetics of Sydney Opera House

The Aesthetics of Sydney Opera House

By some of the top philosophers in the field of aesthetics as well as those in the architectural profession, this lecture will introduce the aesthetics of Guangzhou Opera which is designed by Zaha Hadid.

By some of the top philosophers in the field of aesthetics as well as those in the architectural profession, this lecture will introduce the aesthetics of Guangzhou Opera which is designed by Zaha Hadid.

Roger Paden

Roger Paden

David Goldblatt

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4.24.2017

Academy of Art University

Academy of Art University

The Aesthetics of Oslo Opera House The Aesthetics of Oslo Opera House By some of the top philosophers in the field of aesthetics as well as those in the architectural profession, this lecture will introduce the aesthetics of Guangzhou Opera which is designed by Zaha Hadid.

By some of the top philosophers in the field of aesthetics as well as those in the architectural profession, this lecture will introduce the aesthetics of Guangzhou Opera which is designed by Zaha Hadid.

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