Megaron Mousikis Athinon – Opera House: South Concourse marble floor – Photographs of drawings

01/01/2001

Drawing

Three photographs of colored sketch of a squarish marble floor, a gray checkerboard pattern with a white star at the center; the first represents the overall floor pattern, the second focuses on the central start pattern, and the last only on the star.

Photographer:

Christopher Alexander/C.E.S., Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Source:

Digital

Characteristics:

Color

Content of

Construction Innovation

Megaron Mousikis Athinon - Opera House: Multi-colored marble floors, consisting of various sizes and different color marble pieces in geometric and ornamental patterns 2001

Work of Art for Project, Prefabricated Marble Floor

Created by:

Christopher Alexander, Randall Schmidt, Demetrius Golzalez, Larry Berk, Bankoku Sasagawa

Prefabrication of marble floors for the concourse areas of about 8.000 m2, in sections of about two feet by four feet, assembled on a fiberglass matt, with the marble pieces being glued with epoxy to the mat. Individual pieces were ...

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Projects

Megaron Mousikis Athinon - Opera House 2001

Athens, Greece

Civic, Designed , Not built

Client:

OMMA (Organismos Megarou Mousikis Athinon)

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, Randall Schmidt, Demetrius Gonzales, Bankoku Sasagawa

Project stages:

Concept Design

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 ...

Photographs

Megaron Mousikis Athinon - Opera House: Photographs of project models 01/01/2001

Project, Model

Photographer:

Hiroshi Takama, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Source:

Digital

Characteristics:

Color

Three overviews of the fully developed and colored model of the South Concourse interior, and two more focusing on its entrance area and its mezzanine level.