Casa da Música

To commemorate Porto’s designation as the European Capital of Culture in 2001, its first dedicated performance hall was commissioned and completed in 2005. The main performance hall had two walls made of glass, and the glass was made to be wavy in anticipation that it will diffuse unwanted sounds (but still did not live up to expectation due to the very hard nature of glass as a surface). A sheer screen later had to be added to try mitigate the acoustic issues of the design. Perhaps, an example of where an architect, in this case, Rem Koolhaas put form over function.

It was a rather gloomy and overcast day outside, hence I did not have a presentable exterior photo.

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