1、 ,*,*,Taichung National Grand Theater(Opera),Taichung,Taiwan,2016,ARCH 576 I,Design Seminar:,Japanese Architecture,Group 8:Yuan Liao l Jeff Anderson 10/19/2015,1,Client,:,Taiwan government,Background:,The project had attracted 33 remarkable architects from 12 countries to participate in the internat
2、ional competition.Toyo Ito,the renowned Japanese architect,ultimately won the First Prize of the competition and is delegated to supervise the construction of the structure which adopts his own winning design.,The architecturally complex theater was an engineering challenge constructed entirely with
3、out beams or columns and relying instead on 58 curved wall units.It is believed to be the first theater in the world to employ such a construction technique.,General Information,2,Design Date,:,2009,Completion Date,:,August 2014,Opening time:,Partially open on Nov.2014,Officially open in 2016,Archit
4、ect,:,Toyo Ito,Japan,Associate Architect,:,Domino Architects,Taiwan,Contractor,:,Lee Ming construction Co.,Ltd.,Taiwan,3,Size,:,57,685 square meters(620,920 sq ft),Height:,37.7 meters,Construction type:,RC(Reinforced concrete),Cost,:,NT$4.36 billion(US$141 million),Main Program Spaces,:,Grand Theate
5、r-2,014 seats,Playhouse Theater-800 seats,Black Box-200 seats,Secondary Program Spaces,:,Outdoor Theater,Corner Salon,Sky Garden,4,Site Context:,Location:,Taichung(in middle Taiwan),Located in a park within a dense urban high-rise development,in the city of Taichung,the Metropolitan Opera House once
6、 completed,will be a landmark and a unique state of the art opera house.,5,Design Concept,Taichung Metropolitan Opera House is characteristic of its unique design concepts such as the Sound Cave,the Original Arc Wall Structure System and the Special Construction Techniques,etc.These original innovat
7、ions have made Taichung Metropolitan Opera House the focus of the world.,6,Design Concept,The Sound Cave is both a horizontally and vertically continuous network.Continuous surfaces in an open structure which actively engages its surroundings in all directions and creates great opportunities for art
8、ists and visitors,stage and auditorium,interior and exterior.,7,Concept Models,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,construction process:,The structural system is developed together with the construction method to realize the freeform geometry in rational and efficient manner.the f
9、reeform concrete surfaces are shotcrete(spray concrete).it is commonly utilized for tunnel construction and suitable for curved surface.it can be shot horizontally or vertically.rather than constructing doubly curved formwork that is expensive and time consuming on site,the temporary structure in th
10、e void creates faceted surfaces that best-fit the finished surface.between the temporary steel work,expanded metal mesh is expanded metal mesh spans between the temporary steel work to act as faceted formwork.150 mm thick concrete can be shot at one time.the surface layer of 25 mm is shot separately
11、 without large aggregate to achieve smooth surface finish.concrete thickness varies between 200 mm at the top floor and 350 mm at the bottom.,27,The main structure is of more than 50 curved wall,generating a maze and interlocking reinforcement steel bar cages and steel trusses.Applying concrete has been so difficult that the contractor decide to apply shot-Crete as the most efficient way of placing concrete over the curved surfaces.,28,29,30,31,32,