Casa da Musica reveals its contents without being didactic at the same time, it casts the city in a new light. This is for sure one of the most iconic buildings of OMA. 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. The concept for the curtains in Casa da Msica, began through Petra Blaisse's advisory role as consultant to OMA on interior. Ever since the finishing touches of building itself, we’ve been quite aware of what technically goes on inside Casa da Musica. Scope of work: Acoustic, blackout and viewfiltering curtains, sun-screens advisory for interior and exterior finishes. What follows is Alvaro Campos own telling of this tale, the BackStory of Casa Da Musica as the civic heart of Porto. It has a distinctive faceted form, made of white concrete, which remains solid and believable in an age of too many icons. In the end, the Casa won and its plaza may now be skated freely. The concert hall was designed with exposed concrete surfaces inside and. 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. The Casa da Msica is the municipal concert hall in the Portuguese city of Porto. 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 hallowed interior and the general public outside. The past thirty years have seen frantic attempts by architects to escape the domination of the “shoe-box” concert hall. Architonic 588k followers More information OMAAMO-Casa da Música Find this Pin and more on GRUPPO RUFFIZZI by robert geering. Casa da musica, Porto Portugal – OMA 2014 Casa da Música by OMA Concert halls The past thirty years have seen frantic attempts by architects to escape the domination of the shoe-box concert hall.

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