Aalto began his style of architecture with a classical style and then by the time he advanced to a Modernism and Organic Modernism. He has approximately over 500 buildings that he designed and 300 of them are build. , actually built. He didn't design just architecture but even furniture.
This building was my favorite especially the interior. This is the Essen Opera House, Das Aalto Theater that is found in Essen, West Germany. this was designed by Alvar Aalto. Alvar Aalto has won an award for the building in 1959. In this theater, they held a opera and ballet performance. This project of construction started in 1983, unfortunately, seven years after Aalto died. Although Aalto dies there were no changes in the design while constricting.
They kept following the plans of Aalto that he submitted nearly 30 years ago for the 1959 competition The characteristically of this building is the formless layout but that's what makes the building more interesting. The concept of this design was "humane architecture".
In the interior as you can see there are the seats that are indigo blue this is to give a sense of a royal in the room. There are 1,125 seats. As you look at the interior you'll see organically flowing basic forms that there are the balconies and the lights covering the theatre recalls Nordic landscapes. The thing that personally I really like is how the stage integrated with the whole building by its shape.
The inspiration for this building was an ancient theater in Delphi this shows the front row seats near the stage are curved and the asymmetric shape of the theater. The outline of this theatre now it shows a similar style to postmodern. Aalto's project was the longest delay theatre in Europe. This theatre was first opened on September 25, 1988, with a performance of Wagner's The Meistersinger of Nurenberg. The cost of this building was 145 million Deutsch marks. Although recent changes were made ironically. They changed the area's economy to more high-tech industries.
Something that I saw similar to Aalto design is the grand theatre designed by Zaha Hadid architects. more than the look of the building is more the curve of the balcony that I saw them really similar. even the way that the both theatres are in a shape of an oval. The two architects both have something in conmen because they both follow the same style an organic . so it's not something unusually to see same elements in their designs.
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CULTURE IN ESSEN. THE AALTO THEATRE: HOME & ARCHITECTURE
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architravel, 2015, Aalto Theater. [online] Available at: < http http://www.architravel.com/architravel/building/aalto-theater/ > [Accessed October 23 2015]
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