Practice
OMA
Project Architect / Lead Partner
Rem Koolhaas, Ellen Van Lon
BUILDING
Casa da Musica
City
Porto
Country
Portugal
Commissioned
1999
Construction
2003
Completion
2005
Duration
2
YY
05
CLIENT
Port 2001, Casa da Música
CONSULTANTS
aNC Architects (Local Architect), Arup (Structure, Fire, Façade, Services), AFA Lda (Structure) AFA Lda, RGA (Services), OH, Gerisco (Code Consultancy), NO Eindhove, DHV (Acoustics), Inside Outside (Interiors, Curtains), dUCKS scéno (Scenography), VS-A, ABT (Façade), Maarten van Severen (Auditorium Chairs), Daciano da Costa (Furniture)
M²
54127
Storey
11
STATUS
Completed
PROGRAM
Culture
Amount
100000000
Currency
Euros
ARCHITECT'S
The past thirty years have seen frantic attempts by architects to escape the domination of the "shoe-box" concert hall. Rather than struggle with the inescapable acoustic superiority of this traditional shape, the Casa da Musica attempts to reinvigorate the traditional concert hall in another way: by redefining the relationship between the hollowed interior and the general public outside. The Casa da Musica, the new home of the National Orchestra of Porto, stands on a new public square in the historic Rotunda da Boavista. It has a distinctive faceted form, made of white concrete, which remains solid and believable in an age of too many icons. Inside, the elevated 1,300-seat (shoe box-shaped) Grand Auditorium has corrugated glass facades at either end that open the hall to the city and offer Porto itself as a dramatic backdrop for performances. Casa da Musica reveals its contents without being didactic; at the same time, it casts the city in a new light. (© OMA)
COLLECTION
DFW
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