The shining petal of Shanghai
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The shining petal of Shanghai
Cross section The shining petal of Shanghai The aerial view displays the building’s formation of a petal. Project Since the last fif- The Shanghai Oriental Art Centre is one of the biggest and most talked to find better solutions. I wanted the whole construction to be glowing. I Shanghai Oriental Art Centre teen years, many about projects to be completed in Shanghai, if not the whole of Asia, in the wanted the Shanghai Oriental Art Centre to say: ‘The Show’s Beginning!’” Shanghai, China monumental and past couple of years. It is a first rate public cultural building, financed by the Architecturally the design is striking, beautiful and innovative. The aerial view contemporary de- municipality of Shanghai, China. The complex encompasses three venues: Year of Completion 2004 Architect Paul Andreu Architecte sign buildings have a 1 979-seat philharmonic orchestra hall, a 1 054-seat lyric theatre, and a displays the building’s formation of a petal. Beneath the roof cladding millions of glowing diodes dance and shine into the night sky to the rhythm of music been blossomed in- 330-seat chamber music hall. It also features ancillary public facilities such realized by the most innovative technology to date. to the metropolitan as an exhibition hall, music shops, a restaurant and an arts library, as well as To achieve the designed architectural features, function and remarkable per- a multimedia and training centre. formance, 20 mm thick ALUCORE ® panels were chosen due to their absolute area of Shanghai Pudong district. The architect Paul Andreu has created in collaboration with East China Ar- flatness. Installed horizontally at a distance of approximately 700 mm away East China Architectural Design & chitectural Design and Research Institute Co., Ltd. a building that is “bright from the primary roof, they are creating enough space to accommodate all Research Institute Co., Ltd. and transparent as if by magic”. However, like the best architectural magic, the lightings and equipment “of the light show” beneath it. The cladding sys- the building’s foundations are rooted in meticulous engineering. “When I tem and the fixing method were specially designed to enable easy servicing Fabricator/ Installer first conceived the Shanghai Oriental Centre, one of my first thoughts was and maintenance of the equipment by removing the panels temporarily. The Wuhan Lingyun Building Decoration that I wanted it to glow beautifully at night. After all, what is an art centre? 30 mm joints between the ALUCORE ® panels were not spared but fully used and Engineering Co. It’s a place where music and theatre are performed. It should be appealing, for the unimpeded lighting to shine through and dance along. especially in the evenings, when the crowds are attending. It should project In a few words the architect summarizes: “What is it? Simply this: a place Construction a sense of mystery. It should certainly not feel closed, stuffy or boring”, he for music. Covering very few square metres in a city where so much is being Special design cladding for roof explains. He had “the vision of a round, geodesic dome floating in the water built every day, but encompassing so much happiness and enthusiasm. And, application and glowing at night”. “As an architect and an engineer I am always trying beyond the architecture, which is but a servant, plenty, plenty of music.” Product 17 647 m2 (190 000 sq.ft.) ALUCORE ® Thickness: 10 mm Die strahlende Blüte von Shanghai Colour: Silver metallic In den letzten fünfzehn Jahren sind Um die gestalterischen Vorstellungen La pétale brillante de Shanghai Depuis ces quinze dernières an- Sous le revêtement du toit des millions viele monumentale Gebäude in Shang- umsetzen zu können wurden 20 mm nées de nombreuses constructions de diodes dansent et brillent dans le ciel monumentales ont vu le jour dans nocturne au rythme de la musique. Pour hai aus dem Boden geschossen. Das dicke ALUCORE Shanghai Oriental Art Centre ist eines ihrer absoluten Planheit ausgewählt, la métropole de Shanghai. réaliser le design des traits architecturaux, der größten und bekanntesten die 700 mm oberhalb des Hauptdaches l’ALUCORE ® en 20 mm d’épaisseur a été ® Platten aufgrund L’éminent Shanghai Oriental Art Centre est choisi pour sa planéité parfaite. Le produit Ein Komplex, der „hell und transparent, Wartung der Leuchten entfernt werden. un des plus grands et des plus connus – un horizontal verlegt wurden. Sie können zur est installé horizontalement à une distance irgendwie magisch erscheint“. Jedoch Das Shanghai Oriental Art Centre bedeu- centre culturelle, dessiné par l’architecte de 700 mm du toit primaire, donnant assez basiert auch die beste architektonische tet „einige Quadratmeter in einer stark d’espace pour la mise en place de tous les Parisien Paul Andreu en collaboration avec Magie auf akribischer Planung. Andreu hat- bebauten Stadt, die Freude und Enthu- East China Architectural Design et Re- appareillages et équipements d’éclairages. te „die Vision einer runden, geodätischen siasmus einschließen und jenseits der search Institute. L’idée était de réaliser un Le système permet de lever les panneaux Kuppel, die auf dem Wasser treibt und bei Architektur – die als Diener fungiert – viel, complexe, qui soit lumineux et transparent afin d’assurer le service et la maintenance Nacht leuchtet“. Aus der Vogelperspektive viel Musik“, so der Architekt. comme par magie. Cependant la meilleure des équipements. « Très peu de mètres magie architecturale est basée sur une carrés dans une ville qui, tous les jours, en und innovative Design in Form einer Blüte. planification méticuleuse. Andreu avait la construit tant de nouveaux, mais donnant Unter der Dachverkleidung sitzen unter vision « d’un dôme, de forme geodésique, beaucoup de bonheur et d’enthousiasme. offenbart sich das auffallende, attraktive Detailed cross section Einsatz aktuellster Technologien Millionen flottant sur l’eau et rayonnant dans la nuit. Et, au-delà de l’architecture devenue serv- leuchtender Dioden, die zum Rhythmus » La vue aérienne révèle un design frappant, ante, beaucoup, beaucoup de musique ! », der Musik in den Nachthimmel scheinen. attractif et innovant en forme de pétale. explique l’architecte Paul Andreu. The Shanghai Oriental Art Center is one of the biggest and most talked about projects in Shanghai. Picture: Paul Andreu - Architecte 11 Cross section The shining petal of Shanghai The aerial view displays the building’s formation of a petal. Project Since the last fif- The Shanghai Oriental Art Centre is one of the biggest and most talked to find better solutions. I wanted the whole construction to be glowing. I Shanghai Oriental Art Centre teen years, many about projects to be completed in Shanghai, if not the whole of Asia, in the wanted the Shanghai Oriental Art Centre to say: ‘The Show’s Beginning!’” Shanghai, China monumental and past couple of years. It is a first rate public cultural building, financed by the Architecturally the design is striking, beautiful and innovative. The aerial view contemporary de- municipality of Shanghai, China. The complex encompasses three venues: Year of Completion 2004 Architect Paul Andreu Architecte sign buildings have a 1 979-seat philharmonic orchestra hall, a 1 054-seat lyric theatre, and a displays the building’s formation of a petal. Beneath the roof cladding millions of glowing diodes dance and shine into the night sky to the rhythm of music been blossomed in- 330-seat chamber music hall. It also features ancillary public facilities such realized by the most innovative technology to date. to the metropolitan as an exhibition hall, music shops, a restaurant and an arts library, as well as To achieve the designed architectural features, function and remarkable per- a multimedia and training centre. formance, 20 mm thick ALUCORE ® panels were chosen due to their absolute area of Shanghai Pudong district. The architect Paul Andreu has created in collaboration with East China Ar- flatness. Installed horizontally at a distance of approximately 700 mm away East China Architectural Design & chitectural Design and Research Institute Co., Ltd. a building that is “bright from the primary roof, they are creating enough space to accommodate all Research Institute Co., Ltd. and transparent as if by magic”. However, like the best architectural magic, the lightings and equipment “of the light show” beneath it. The cladding sys- the building’s foundations are rooted in meticulous engineering. “When I tem and the fixing method were specially designed to enable easy servicing Fabricator/ Installer first conceived the Shanghai Oriental Centre, one of my first thoughts was and maintenance of the equipment by removing the panels temporarily. The Wuhan Lingyun Building Decoration that I wanted it to glow beautifully at night. After all, what is an art centre? 30 mm joints between the ALUCORE ® panels were not spared but fully used and Engineering Co. It’s a place where music and theatre are performed. It should be appealing, for the unimpeded lighting to shine through and dance along. especially in the evenings, when the crowds are attending. It should project In a few words the architect summarizes: “What is it? Simply this: a place Construction a sense of mystery. It should certainly not feel closed, stuffy or boring”, he for music. Covering very few square metres in a city where so much is being Special design cladding for roof explains. He had “the vision of a round, geodesic dome floating in the water built every day, but encompassing so much happiness and enthusiasm. And, application and glowing at night”. “As an architect and an engineer I am always trying beyond the architecture, which is but a servant, plenty, plenty of music.” Product 17 647 m2 (190 000 sq.ft.) ALUCORE ® Thickness: 10 mm Die strahlende Blüte von Shanghai Colour: Silver metallic In den letzten fünfzehn Jahren sind Um die gestalterischen Vorstellungen La pétale brillante de Shanghai Depuis ces quinze dernières an- Sous le revêtement du toit des millions viele monumentale Gebäude in Shang- umsetzen zu können wurden 20 mm nées de nombreuses constructions de diodes dansent et brillent dans le ciel monumentales ont vu le jour dans nocturne au rythme de la musique. Pour hai aus dem Boden geschossen. Das dicke ALUCORE Shanghai Oriental Art Centre ist eines ihrer absoluten Planheit ausgewählt, la métropole de Shanghai. réaliser le design des traits architecturaux, der größten und bekanntesten die 700 mm oberhalb des Hauptdaches l’ALUCORE ® en 20 mm d’épaisseur a été ® Platten aufgrund L’éminent Shanghai Oriental Art Centre est choisi pour sa planéité parfaite. Le produit Ein Komplex, der „hell und transparent, Wartung der Leuchten entfernt werden. un des plus grands et des plus connus – un horizontal verlegt wurden. Sie können zur est installé horizontalement à une distance irgendwie magisch erscheint“. Jedoch Das Shanghai Oriental Art Centre bedeu- centre culturelle, dessiné par l’architecte de 700 mm du toit primaire, donnant assez basiert auch die beste architektonische tet „einige Quadratmeter in einer stark d’espace pour la mise en place de tous les Parisien Paul Andreu en collaboration avec Magie auf akribischer Planung. Andreu hat- bebauten Stadt, die Freude und Enthu- East China Architectural Design et Re- appareillages et équipements d’éclairages. te „die Vision einer runden, geodätischen siasmus einschließen und jenseits der search Institute. L’idée était de réaliser un Le système permet de lever les panneaux Kuppel, die auf dem Wasser treibt und bei Architektur – die als Diener fungiert – viel, complexe, qui soit lumineux et transparent afin d’assurer le service et la maintenance Nacht leuchtet“. Aus der Vogelperspektive viel Musik“, so der Architekt. comme par magie. Cependant la meilleure des équipements. « Très peu de mètres magie architecturale est basée sur une carrés dans une ville qui, tous les jours, en und innovative Design in Form einer Blüte. planification méticuleuse. Andreu avait la construit tant de nouveaux, mais donnant Unter der Dachverkleidung sitzen unter vision « d’un dôme, de forme geodésique, beaucoup de bonheur et d’enthousiasme. offenbart sich das auffallende, attraktive Detailed cross section Einsatz aktuellster Technologien Millionen flottant sur l’eau et rayonnant dans la nuit. Et, au-delà de l’architecture devenue serv- leuchtender Dioden, die zum Rhythmus » La vue aérienne révèle un design frappant, ante, beaucoup, beaucoup de musique ! », der Musik in den Nachthimmel scheinen. attractif et innovant en forme de pétale. explique l’architecte Paul Andreu. The Shanghai Oriental Art Center is one of the biggest and most talked about projects in Shanghai. Picture: Paul Andreu - Architecte 11