SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE: REASEARCH

 

For this piece of research, I would like to speak about Sydney Opera House. In this blog I will write about the relationship between this building and my project which is Rehabilitation center. 

Sydney Opera House (1973).Jorn Utzon 

   Sydney Opera house were created by Jorn Utzon "In January 1957 the judging committee announced the winning entry, that of Danish architect Jørn Utzon, who won with a dramatic design showing a complex of two main halls side by side facing out to the harbour on a large podium. Each hall was topped with a row of sail-shaped interlocking panels that would serve as both roof and wall, to be made of precast concrete"(Britannica, 2018). 

This building related to design of my project in terms of this architect used geometric and nature forms. In this building shaped similar to shells which refers us to nature and simple form. "The roof structures of the Sydney Opera House are commonly referred to as "shells"" (Architectuul, 2016). 

My project will located on territory of Ukraine which can make my project sustainable with using large variety of local materials and technologies as Utzon used local materials from Australia for creating this building. "The buildings exterior is largely clad with aggregate panels composed of pink granite quarried at Tarana. Significant interior surface treatments also include off-form concrete, Australian white birch plywood supplied from Wauchope in northern New South Wales, and brush box glulam". (Architectuul, 2016). 

References:

1. Utzon, J. (2016). Sydney Opera House. [online] Architectuul. Available at: https://architectuul.com/architecture/sydney-opera-house [Accessed 26 Jan. 2024].

2.Murray, L. (2018). Sydney Opera House | building, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. In: Encyclopædia Britannica. [online] Available at: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Sydney-Opera-House [Accessed 26 Jan. 2024].

Image reference:

Price, G.Z. (2023) 7 little-known facts about the iconic Sydney Opera House, Architectural Digest. Available at: https://www.architecturaldigest.com/gallery/little-known-facts-sydney-opera-house (Accessed: 01 March 2024).