Busan, South Korea
PRAUD
Post By:Kitticoon Poopong
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| Image © Courtesy of PRAUD--Competition entry for the new Busan Opera House by PRAUD |
Boston-based firm
PRAUD has shared their entry to the Busan Opera House competition.
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| Image © Courtesy of PRAUD--Aerial view of downtown Busan, South Korea |
The international ideas competition invited visions for a massive
cultural center, comprising a 2,000-seat
opera house and a 1,300-seat multi-purpose
theater, that acts as a landmark building for this booming
South Korean city and puts Busan on the map of international tourism.
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| Image © Courtesy of PRAUD--Exterior view |
Project Description from the Architects:
The concept starts from how multiple
performance facilities can share common program. One way is to share
public space such as foyers and the other is to share theatre function itself. We found out an interesting potential of theatre that when one performance facility share its theatre function with other facilities, various types of performance stages could be created by transformation of stage and chamber facilities. Unlike having a fixed performance stage and sharing common public space, it is a way of providing a variety of experience to the audience as well as using the opera house more efficient way.
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| Image © Courtesy of PRAUD--Interior view |
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| Image © Courtesy of PRAUD--Interior view |
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| Image © Courtesy of PRAUD--Interior view |
To achieve this goal, we developed a transformable “cylinder” not only for stage/chamber function but also for
structural stability. Multiple disks in the “cylinder” can move vertically depends on type and size of performance you need and numbers of performances at the same time. This vertical movement also creates void that provides visual connection between floors/masses so that a performance can be shown to audience in various ways. Also these disks can rotate so that performance can happen in multiple directions as well.
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| site plan--drawing © Courtesy of PRAUD |
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| floor plan 01--drawing © Courtesy of PRAUD |
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| floor plan 02--drawing © Courtesy of PRAUD |
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| floor plan 03--drawing © Courtesy of PRAUD |
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| floor plan 04--drawing © Courtesy of PRAUD |
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| section 01--drawing © Courtesy of PRAUD |
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| section 02--drawing © Courtesy of PRAUD |
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| diagram 01--drawing © Courtesy of PRAUD |
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| diagram 02--drawing © Courtesy of PRAUD |
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| diagram 03--drawing © Courtesy of PRAUD |
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| Axonometric diagrams--drawing © Courtesy of PRAUD |
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| Massing diagram--drawing © Courtesy of PRAUD |
The people
Architect: PRAUD
Location: Busan, South Korea
Team: Dongwoo Yim, Rafael Luna, Stacy Choi
Project: Competition Entry
Program: Opera House
Program Area: 52,000 m2
Note>>Location in this map, It could indicate city/country but not exact address.
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