{"id":27597,"date":"2013-12-09T15:57:43","date_gmt":"2013-12-09T10:27:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bharatestates.com\/blog\/?p=27597"},"modified":"2020-06-15T03:28:27","modified_gmt":"2020-06-14T21:58:28","slug":"casa-da-musica-house-music-porto-portugal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bharatestates.com\/blog\/casa-da-musica-house-music-porto-portugal\/","title":{"rendered":"Casa Da M\u00fasica (House of Music) &#8211; Porto, Portugal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bharatestates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/casa-da-musica-main.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-27598\" alt=\"casa-da-musica-main\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bharatestates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/casa-da-musica-main.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a>The architectural world has always been dominated by the traditional \u201cshoe-box\u201d architecture, but Casa Da M\u00fasica was an attempt to break out the traditional bonds and coming up with new contemporary structure to reinvigorate the traditional concert hall in another way. The structure of Casa Da M\u00fasica was built as part of Porto\u2019s project for European Culture Capital in 2001 which took four years to complete the project but the unusual structure and design of the project gave it an immediate recognition across the globe. The Casa Da M\u00fasica houses the cultural institution of the same name along with three orchestras named as Orquestra Nacional do Porto,\u00a0Orquestra Barroca\u00a0and\u00a0Remix Ensemble<i>.<\/i> The structure is designed by renowned Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas. The structure build with an estimated cost of \u20ac100M, was inaugurated on 15 April 2005 by the Portuguese president with an opening day concert.<b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bharatestates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/casa-da-musica.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-27599\" alt=\"casa-da-musica\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bharatestates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/casa-da-musica.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a>Architecture and Design<\/b>Architectures and designers working on the project decided to go with a contemporary designing instead of creating unusual architecture to make it look like unusual than the normal structures. The structure is developed adjacent to the city\u2019s main business centre, Pra\u00e7a Mouzinho de Albuquerque; well know as Rotunda da Boavista. The structure has very distinctive fa\u00e7ade developed with white concrete providing iconic structure to the overall structure of the hall. The concept of the building was to create a solitary structure standing on a travertine-paved plateau surrounding the working class area of the business centre. Koolhaas\u2019s design of the structure, Casa Da M\u00fasica, is a perfect example of the structure packed with urban styles which energizes the overall atmosphere of the city. The unusual form of the structure initially raised thousands of people\u2019s eyes as it resembles a lot like a house built upside down. Although building\u2019s concrete form resting on a carpet of polished makes it very attractive, but the structure has made its name in many records due to its contemporary styling and designing.<b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bharatestates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Casa-Da-Musica-interior.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-27600\" alt=\"Casa-Da-Musica-interior\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bharatestates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Casa-Da-Musica-interior.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a>Inside the Casa Da M\u00fasica<\/b>The structure houses elevated 1300-seat grand Auditorium having glass facades completely dedicated to the performances which is conceived as a simple hollow structure like the usual auditorium but it possesses the shape of shoe-box like the traditional structures. The Casa Da M\u00fasica also houses smaller and flexible performance space, along with ten rehearsal rooms, recording studios, educational areas, restaurants, bars, VIP room etc. The structure also has a huge parking space which can house as much as 600 vehicles at once.Designer have innovatively used materials and colors throughout the structure, along with exclusive glass walls resembling the curtains and walls of the structure are embossed in gold with a different perspective. The whole inside structure is connected by the Public routes connecting every possible space of the structure. The whole inside structure of the Cas Da M\u00fasica is nothing but a great architectural adventure with an essence of music and art.The building\u2019s design has been highly acclaimed worldwide and it has been classified as the most attractive project amongst the work done by Rem Koolhaas has ever created. Many critics have acclaimed the structure saying it is one of the few buildings in the world which have great balance of intellectual ardor and sensual beauty. The structure is definitely a gem of the Porto city\u2019s skyline and it is one of the most important structures of the Portugal.<span style=\"left:100%;display:inline-block;position:fixed\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rusbankinfo.ru\/\">\u0437\u0430\u0439\u043c \u043d\u0430 \u043a\u0430\u0440\u0442\u0443 \u0431\u0435\u0437 \u043e\u0442\u043a\u0430\u0437\u043e\u0432 \u043a\u0440\u0443\u0433\u043b\u043e\u0441\u0443\u0442\u043e\u0447\u043d\u043e<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/rusbankinfo.ru\/credits.html\">\u0432\u0437\u044f\u0442\u044c \u043a\u0440\u0435\u0434\u0438\u0442 \u043e\u043d\u043b\u0430\u0439\u043d<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The architectural world has always been dominated by the traditional \u201cshoe-box\u201d architecture, but Casa Da M\u00fasica was an attempt to break out the traditional bonds and coming up with new contemporary structure to reinvigorate the traditional concert hall in another way. 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