BUSAN OPERA HOUSE COMPETITION PROPOSAL DESIGN BY OODA
BUSAN OPERA HOUSE
COMPETITION PROPOSAL DESIGN BY OODA
Busan – South Korea
The design for the Busan Opera House by OODA engages itself with the natural
topography, articulating a multi leveled building and seamlessly integrating
the different cultural activities and programs. The dominant flow circulation,
flexibility and concept strategy enables full accessibility as it creates
spaces that blur the difference between building and landscape, intensifying
the fluidity between interior and exterior spaces, indoor and outdoor venues.
More images and architects’ description after the break.
The formal approach
is driven from the natural proportion of the program merged with inspirational
themes (like sea shells – music – and butterfly typical pacific fish) that
allows the building to assume its own unique charm and identity. The formal
image with its vibrant and meaningful presence helps to create a brand new-age
landmark for South Korea as a strong symbolic voice to the
world like an iconic shell sound towards the sea.
The Opera Auditorium
has a pioneering and innovative design concept. It is as flexible and efficient
as it is elegantly sculpted. The center area can rotate around itself so, in
the same space, it is possible to have an Opera with all its requirements, but
also some more intimate concerts and a centered stage venue allowing to have an
audience all around.
The multi-purpose
theatre has its own identity and articulation. According the design concept, it
could be used from multiple perspectives and programmatic needs. The auxiliary
facilities (high level restaurants, café/bars, shopping, convention center,
exhibition space, banquet hall, event room, etc) flows all along both the main
structures creating a perfect bind between all.
The building
envelope is devised as a continuous skin that is embedded with multiple levels
of program. Natural light, cross ventilation, access and views become the key
operators of the transition between interior and exterior. The organic
morphology blends perfectly with the landscape and is designed to symbolize the
new Busan Spirit and identity.
TEAM: Diogo Brito, Rodrigo Vilas-Boas, Francisco Lencastre, Francisco Rugeroni, Ezhil Vigneswaran, Francisca Lopes dos Santos
TEAM: Diogo Brito, Rodrigo Vilas-Boas, Francisco Lencastre, Francisco Rugeroni, Ezhil Vigneswaran, Francisca Lopes dos Santos
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DIOGO BRITO
Founding Partner
Born in Oporto received his Master of Architecture from FAULP (
Porto ) in 2006. Before founding OODA in 2010, Diogo worked as an architect
with Zaha Hadid Architects in London ( 2007 – 2009 ) and with Promotorio
Architects in Lisbon.
FRANCISCO LENCASTRE
Partner
Born in Oporto received his Master of Architecture from FAULP (
Porto ) in 2007. Before joining OODA in 2011, Francisco worked as an architect
and project manager with Menos e Mais Architects ( Guedes + De Campos ) in
Oporto and received the national architecture prize ‘’ Secil Award ‘’ in 2007
for best graduate project.
RODRIGO VILAS – BOAS
Founding Partner
Born in Oporto received his Master of Architecture from FAULP (
Porto ) in 2005. Before founding OODA in 2010, Rodrigo worked as an
architect with Rem Koolhaas / OMA in Rotterdam ( 2007 – 2009 ) , with Manuel
Ventura Architects and Alvaro Leite Siza in Oporto.
OODA OFFICE
OODA is a Portuguese based architecture design office dedicated to
create and suggest innovative projects and ideas. It tries to combine
sophisticated design philosophy with advanced technology – thoughts in
exploring the contemporary architecture, in a pro-active way, combined with a
competitive theorical approach to the practice.
OODA designs enbrace the advent of a new era.
The Office Works as a wide creative melting hub which includes
architects, designers, media artists and thinkers. The practice intend to
pursue a new direction in the architectural practice by creating unprecedented
ambiences esdploring uncharted geometries, developing the use of new languages
and applying current building methods, as well as rethinking the prevailing
discourses.
The projects and ideas reflect a specific architectural exploration
in contemporary art, the transformed life style, and the multimedia new
expactations, taken as nowadays prime platform for practice business relations,
entrepreneur approach and projects development.
