Chamber Music Hall - Zaha Hadid Architects
Posted Monday, August 10, 2009 by SixSevenEightNine in Labels: Architecture
A collaboration between Zaha Hadid Architects and Sandy Brown
Associates for the Manchester International Festival, this unique
chamber music hall for solo performances of Johann Sebastian Bach
exquisite music.
The project’s form, a suspended ribbon of translucent lightweight synthetic fabric (150 g/m2) articulated by an internal steel structure, translates the intricate relationships of Bach’s harmonies into an architectural spatial condition. The curving ribbon not only creates strong architectural statement but it is also a great acoustic environment as the form helps scatter the sound reflections to eliminate flutter echoes and enhance the acoustic experience of the concert. The undulating surface of the fabric shell in a “constant yet changing rhythm” creates a “soft billowing effect”. When the hall is not in use, programmed lighting and a series of dispersed musical recordings will activate the spaces between the ribbon. ZHA and Sandy Brown Associates worked together to perfect the acoustics using CAD models that were imported into acoustic modelling software that tested the different finishes and shapes of the curving
form. Through this collaboration, ZHA’s curving ribbon creates both a strong architectural statement and a great acoustic environment as the form helps scatter the sound reflections to eliminate flutter echoes and enhance the acoustic experience of the concert.
Images courtesy of Tony Hogg Design and Base Structures, Zaha Hadid
Architects, and Luke Hayes.
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form. Through this collaboration, ZHA’s curving ribbon creates both a strong architectural statement and a great acoustic environment as the form helps scatter the sound reflections to eliminate flutter echoes and enhance the acoustic experience of the concert.
Images courtesy of Tony Hogg Design and Base Structures, Zaha Hadid
Architects, and Luke Hayes.
Via Zaha Hadid...
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