Megaron Mousikis Athinon – Opera House: Colored glass panels for the curved vaulted ceiling of the concourse areas

In 2002 Megaron Mousikis Athinon was the largest Concert Hall in Athens and was in the process of being extended further by a vast extension, including underground opera house, conference center, library and so on. Christopher Alexander was approached by ...

Two experimental curved glass panels, with blue and white patterns, made for a ceiling 25 meters by 50 meters, using a computer-model mechanical fabrication technique from a hand-drawn sketch, then transferred to Photoshop for further processing.

Five views of the experimental curved glass panel in different shades of blue.

One of the main topics of research, included in every building project, was to identify, early on in the design process, the material and techniques of construction. This would re-establish building as an art, and allow rapid shaping and adaptation, ...

“A Vision of a Living World”, the third volume of “The Nature of Order” series, presents, for the first time, a full spectrum of Alexander’s and CES built and unbuilt works. The book describes hundreds of buildings, plans, neighborhoods, drawings, ...