1. WALT DISNEY CONCERT HALL
LOS ANGELES,USA
Built : 1999-2003
Opened : October 24, 2003
Cost : $130 million
$110 million (parking)
Architect : Frank Owen Gehry
Capacity : 2265 people
AYUSHI AGRAWAL
B.V.C.O.A.
3. WALT DISNEY CONCERY HALL
EAST ELEVATION
WEST ELEVATIONNORTH ELEVATION
SOUTH ELEVATION
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6. •The design developed through
paper models and sketches,
characteristic of Gehry's process.
•The custom curvature demanded a
highly specific steel structure,
including box columns tilted forward
at 17º on the building’s north side.
•Visitors can glimpse the steel frame
through a skylight in the pre-concert
room and view the supporting
structure from a stairway leading to
the garden.
•The reflective, stainless steel surface
engages light as an architectural
medium.
•The concert hall's partitions and
curved, billowing ceiling act as part
of the acoustical system while subtly
referencing the sculptural language
of the exterior.
Notes de l'éditeur
This proposal was largely oriented toward the public, with much of the site allocated to open gardens.
Since its opening, the hall's sweeping metallic surfaces have become associated with Frank Gehry’s signature style.
The first sketch is the East elevation, second sketch is West Elevation and third sketch North Elevation of Concert hall.
The exterior is a composition of undulating and angled forms, symbolizing musical movement and the motion of Los Angles looks like a gleaming clipper ship, its sails filled with wind.
The facade's individual panels and curves are articulated in daylight and colored by city lights after dark. The building was initially set to be clad in stone, but a more malleable material titanium-clad was chosen.
Thin metal panels allowed for more adventurous curvature and could be structurally disassociated from the ground. The metallic forms appear to hover above an asymmetrical band of glazing at the building’s base.
The simplest explaination by Frank Gehry “ The key ingredient is the Concert hall like a box, and either side of the box there’s toilet and stairs. Join toilets, stairs and box with a foyer. That’s the plan.” (https://youtu.be/zZoR6SpmqSQ?t=160)
Glass fissures in the facade bring light into the lobby and pre-concert room to create a positive effect. On the inside, Douglas-fir to create a psychological effect in hall for ambience.