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

01/01/2001

Mock-up

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.

Created by:

Christopher Alexander, Larry Berk, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA

Medium:

Array

Size:

12"x12"

Scale:

1'=1'

Content of

Construction Innovation

Megaron Mousikis Athinon - Opera House: Colored glass panels for the curved vaulted ceiling of the concourse areas 2001

Work of Art for Project, Luminous Glass Ceiling

Created by:

Christopher Alexander, Larry Berk

Fabrication of experimental glass panels, for a ceiling 25 meters by 50 meters, made directly by a computer-model mechanical fabrication technique from a hand-drawn sketch, then transferred to Photoshop for further processing.

Contents

Models & Mock-ups

References

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: South Concourse mezzanine curved luminous ceiling - Photographs of mock-up 01/01/2001

Construction Innovation, Mock-up

Photographer:

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

Source:

Digital

Characteristics:

Color

Five photographs, four of the experimental curved glass panel in different shades of blue, and the other of the cloud sketch.