The Opera House Project: Telling the Story of an Australian Icon
the 40th anniversary
of the completion of Danish architect Jørn Utzon
‘s Sydney Opera House
, The Opera House Project
takes you on a journey from the project’s inception in 1954 – known as Design 218
– to the completed masterpiece up to 2012, and all the personal,
political and technical struggles that the designers were faced with. As
expressed by Sam Doust, writer and director of the project, the epic
journey is based on an “aspiration to perfection” and then the “failure
to achieve it”.Divided into four chapters, Concept, Design and Architecture
, Engineering and Construction
, Performance and Events
, and Bennelong Point
,
the project investigates the opera house’s origins and how it was
selected from 233 entries, of which it was among the last to be
received. The incredible collaborative approach to the technical and
aesthetic design of the building in the first phases of construction are
a story in themselves, with a collective 150,000 hours (over ten years)
of man hours put into structural problem solving alone. This led the Pritzker Prize citation
to declare in 2003 that “it is one of the great iconic buildings of the
20th century, an image of great beauty that has become known throughout
the world—a symbol for not only a city, but a whole country and
continent”. The Opera House Project
is compatible with both internet browsers and mobile devices. It’s an
unbelievably engaging story including archived footage, images and sound
recordings courtesy of Arup
and the New South Wales
government. If you don’t have time to watch the entire project, perhaps just check out their fantastic 3D models
. Transcripts
of the entire story are also available.[Sumber : http://www.archdaily.com/]