Introduction An architect designing a public building may have to consider its

• purpose

• physical and  context

• symbolic significance

Location and concept of the concert hall

• constructed on the site of an abandoned 
• situated next to a 

• design concept centred on a mystery

Building design

• pedestrians approach across a 
• the whole building resembles a 
• one outside wall functions as a huge 

Inside the auditorium

• the floor rests on enormous  pads
• the locally sourced wooden walls are 
• ceiling panels and wall  can alter the acoustics