LEGO SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE Bedienungsanleitung

SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

www.sydneyoperahouse.com

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SYDNEYOPERAHOUSE™

Sydney Opera House is a masterpiece of late

modern architecture and an iconic building of the 20th

century. It is admired internationally and proudly treasured

by the people of Australia. It was created by a young

Danish architect, Jørn Utzon (1918-2008), who understood

the potential provided by the site against the stunning

backdrop of Sydney Harbour.

The massive concrete sculptural shells that form

the roof of Sydney Opera House appear like billowing

sails ﬁlled by the sea winds with the sunlight and cloud

shadows playing across their shining white surfaces.

Utzon envisaged it as being like to a Gothic cathedral

that people would never tire of and never be ﬁnished with.

Today Sydney Opera House does not operate solely

as a venue for opera or symphony, but also hosts a wide

range of performing arts and community activities. These

include classical and contemporary music, ballet, opera,

theatre, dance, cabaret, talks and large scale public

programs.

Since its opening in 1973 over 45 million people have

attended more than 100 000 performances, and it is

estimated that well over 100 million people have visited the

site. It is one of Australia's most visited tourist attractions,

being the most internationally recognized symbol of the

nation. Today Sydney Opera House welcomes more than

8 million visitors and presents around 2400 events a year.

Opposite page: Sydney Opera House on Bennelong Point.

©WE-EF LIGHTING 2011 Photo Ralph Alfonso

The three groups of interlocking shells

are set on a vast terraced platform.

©Michael Moy Idea to Icon

Sydney Opera House projects into

the harbour, with the central business

district of the city behind.

©Michael Moy Idea to Icon

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History

The history of Sydney Opera House is as extraordinary

and complex as the building itself. It is a story of vision,

courage, dedication, challenge, controversy and triumph.

Its many remarkable elements include the

submission of a visionary design that the judges

courageously selected as the winner; the collaborative

partnership of architect and engineer that produced

ground-breaking construction solutions; the breach

created by Jørn Utzon’s departure from the project in

1966; and his re-engagement in 1999 to provide design

principles to guide Sydney Opera House into the future.

It began in 1956 when the New South Wales

(NSW) Government announced an international design

competition and appointed an independent jury. The

competition brief did not specify design parameters or

Competition drawings submitted by Jørn Utzon to the Opera House Committee;

Perspective from the staircase between the two halls looking towards the north,

1956. ©State Records NSW

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Model of Sydney Opera House. ©State Records NSW

set a cost limit. The only requirement was for a design of

two performance halls: a Major Hall for grand opera and

symphony; and a Minor Hall for drama. There was to be

additional space for experimental theatre and rehearsals.

The combination of site and brief proved irresistible:

933 competitors from all over the world registered and

233 entries were received from 28 countries. Judging

took place in January 1957 and the entry of the relatively

unknown architect, Jørn Utzon, was the unanimous winner.

Both the architectural fraternity and the public were

amazed by the design and found it to be a spectacular

response to the brief and the site.

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Utzon’s distinct design was comprised of sets of

interlocking vaulted ‘shells’ based upon a podium. Over

three years Utzon gradually made changes from his

original concept drawings in order to develop a way to

construct the large roof shells. While the Podium was

under construction, the geometry of the shells had not

yet been resolved from an engineering perspective. Many

options were explored, culminating in Utzon's 'spherical

solution', developed in collaboration with Ove Arup, using

segments of a single sphere. This allowed cost eﬀective

prefabrication from a single set of moulds.

The scale of construction of Sydney Opera House

was enormous. Over 30 000 cubic metres of rock and soil

had to be removed from the site and the construction of

the shell structure required the world’s largest crane.

Construction

Models of shells. ©State Records NSW

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From 1964 the pre-cast rib vaults of the shells began

to be erected on the completed podium. The construction

of the roof brought together some of the world's best

construction engineers and craftsmen for one of the most

diﬃcult engineering tasks ever attempted. It was also the

ﬁrst time computers were used to resolve some of the

engineering/design problems.

Sydney Opera House is a signiﬁcant feat of engineering and technology

involving ingenuity and creativity in many aspects of its design and construction.

Photograph by Max Dupain and Associates

The Podium takes shape at Bennelong

Point. Photograph by Max Dupain and

Associates

Sydney Opera house during

construction. Photograph by Max

Dupain and Associates 7

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Although Utzon had spectacular plans for the interior

of the shells, he would be unable to realize this part of his

design. A change of government and growing criticism at

cost overruns led to Utzon’s withdrawal in February 1966.

By April he had left Sydney, never to return.

The NSW Government appointed a team of local

architects to complete the glass walls and interiors. The

use of the main halls was revised. The Major Hall was

dedicated to symphony and renamed the Concert Hall.

The Minor Hall was dedicated to opera and dance and

renamed the Opera Theatre. Three previously unplanned

venues were added underneath the Concert Hall on the

western side.

Sydney Opera House was formally opened by Her

Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on 20 October 1973 in front

of a large crowd. The opening was also televised and

included ﬁreworks and a performance of Beethoven’s

Symphony No. 9.

The opening of Sydney Opera House in 1973. Photograph by Max Dupain and

Associates

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It would be over 30 years before the architect would

be reunited with his masterpiece. After a number of

approaches, conversations and meetings, Utzon agreed

in 1999 to be re-engaged to develop a set of Design

Principles that would act as a guide for all future changes

to the building.

The work as he saw it would be to “articulate the

overall vision and detailed design principles for the site,

and for the form of the building and its interior".

His ﬁrst major project was the refurbishment of the

Reception Hall into a stunning, light ﬁlled space which

highlights the original concrete 'beams' and a wall-length

tapestry designed by him which hangs opposite the

harbour outlook. The room was renamed the Utzon Room

in his honour in 2004.

Utzon, in collaboration with his architect son Jan and

Sydney-based architect Richard Johnson, would continue

to work on a series of modern alterations right up to his

death in 2008.

©Michael Moy Idea to Icon

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Design

Sydney Opera House is an exceptional building. Its

architectural form comprises three groups of interlocking

vaulted ‘shells’, set upon a vast terraced podium and

surrounded by ﬂat broadwalks that function as pedestrian

promenades.

The shells are clad in glazed oﬀ-white tiles while

the podium is clad in earth-toned, reconstituted granite

panels. The two main halls are arranged side by side,

oriented North-South with their axes slightly inclined.

The auditoria are carved out of the high north end of the

podium so that they face south, towards the city, with the

stage areas positioned between them and the entrance

foyers.

The north and south ends of the shells are hung

with topaz coloured glass walls that project diagonally

outwards to form foyers, oﬀering views from inside and

outside. The tallest shell reaches the height of a 20-storey

building above the water. The shell structures cover nearly

two hectares and the whole site is nearly six hectares.

The matt and glossy roof tiles took three years to develop with the manufacturer.

©Michael Moy Idea to Icon

The podium is clad in earth-toned panels ©Michael Moy Idea to Icon

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