(PDF) Critical Analysis of Sydney Opera House
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Interesting facts about Sydney Opera HouseArchitect of this opera house Jorn Utzon was rejected initially by 3 judgesbut his entry was picked out by 4th judge.Jorn Utzon never visited the site of Sydney Opera house before entering itsdesign competition.The whole building is approximate 185 metres long and 120 metres wide.Whole construction of Opera house was expected to take only 4 years butit actually took 14 years. It involved approximate 10,000 total construction workers.Every year approximate 10.9 million people visit Opera House.The first performer who performed at Sydney Opera House was PaulThe Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia is one of the most distinctive andfamous 20th century building. It is called the home of Opera Australia which isadministered by the Opera House trust. In the context of architectural style it can besaid that is modern architecture. Its unique use of a series of gleaming white sailshaped shells as its roof structure makes it one of the most popular and beautifulphotographed buildings in the world. It provides approximate 45,000 square metres asusable office space out of 18,000 square metres of land.Features of Sydney Opera HouseIt has attractive mainly 5 theatres such as Concert hall, Opera Theatre,Drama Theatre, play house and studio theatre. Its building also houses a recordingstudio, restaurants, bars, cafes and retail outlets. It has facility as a guided tourwhich is called the main reason of attracting visitors. Daily backstage tours taketheir visitors backstage of studio in order to see areas which are normally reservedfor crew members as well as performers. It was added to UNESCO's worldheritage list in the year of 2007. This house is being cooled naturally or by usingsea water from the harbour. This effective system circulates water via 35 KM ofpipes to power for heating as well as for air conditioning in the building. Poster Homage
Its last and the third stage is known as interior. It started with Utzon movinghis entire office to Sydney in February 1963. The cost of whole project wasonly A$22.9 million. The major hall was originally to be a multi-purposeconcert hall. The main features of this hall is it includes a theatre, a library and acinema. All these were changed to 2 live drama theatres, studio and playhouse.Construction of concert hall was rejected because it has space and seating forapproximate 2,000 people only that was not sufficient. Now it has a capacityand seating for almost 2700 people. So, it can be said that after facing so manyproblems and challenges, it became successful.Design and constructionIn the context of design it is divided into 3 stages. 1st stage is known and canbe defined as podium. Podium is commenced on 2 March 1959 which is monitored bythe popular engineers Ove Arup and Partners. The government pushed pressure onconstruction team to begin it early but have the fear of funding and public opinion as itcan turn against them. Due to unexpected difficulties and situations, construction tooktoo much time. Its work completed in February 1963.The second stage is known as roof. The shells of the competition entry wereoriginally of undefined geometry. Its roof is constructed of approximate 1,056,000glazed white granite tiles that are Imported from Sweden. The design work of itssecond stage or on the shells involved 1 of the earliest uses of computers. All shellsare being created as sections from a sphere. Its roof design was tested in the context ofwind to establish the wind pressure distributionReflectionFrom the above I can say that Sydney opera house faces several problems increating features and took too much time but still became successful. I knew about itsseveral features and reason that why it is called the most beautiful photographed buildingsin the world and it is the main reason of this opera house of attracting visitors. In thecontext of architecture it is counted in modern architecture which was monitored bypopular Engineers and they did a great job. By dividing this house in 3 main stage theymade a whole Opera house successfully. Lunar new year is also celebrated at the Operahouse each year. This festival attracts people of different countries as this festival isdecorated with sails lit in red and lanterns.
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