Sydney Opera House Function Practicability Architecture

Brief introduction The Sydney Opera House was built by Jhon utzon. It is one of the most famous buildings in the world. It is considered to be one of the most recognizable images of the modern world although the building has been open for only about 30 years.The Sydney Opera House is as representative of Australia as the pyramids are of Egypt.

The Architecture Function It is an opera house, but also includes two theater, a concert hall,  a restaurant, a cinema, a number of art galleries and a library.

The Architecture Function The opera is divided into three parts: The Opera Hall, The music hall and the restaurant named Benilan.

The Structure Function The Concert Hall: with 2,679 seats, the home of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and used by a large number of other concert presenters. It contains the Sydney Opera House Grand Organ, the largest mechanical tracker action organ in the world, with over 10,000 pipes.

The Structure Function The Joan Sutherland Theatre: a proscenium theatre with 1,507 seats, the Sydney home of Opera Australia and The Australian Ballet. Until 16 October 2012 it was known as the Opera Theatre.

The Structure Function The Drama Theatre, a proscenium theatre with 544 seats, used by the Sydney Theatre Company and other dance and theatrical presenters. The Playhouse, an end stage theatre with 398 seats.

Ending The opera, opened except Christmas day and the passion of Jesus day, open 16 hours a day, an average of 10 different activities, can accommode more than 7000 people. The opera has become the most popular places in Australia,  the audience in a continuous line from morning till night. At night, people who come here, not just to see the show, but also to BeniLang restaurant to eat and to watch the night scene, just  like the Eiffel Tower in Paris, the opera house has become a symbol of Sydney.

Contents Brief intrduction Designer :Jorn Utzon The structure Performance venues and facilities Three stages of construction The beauty The ending

The architect John Utzon(9 April 1918 – 29 November 2008) Utzon was born in Copenhagenthe son of a naval engineer.

The architect John Utzon(9 April 1918 – 29 November 2008) In 1957, Utzon unexpectedly won the competition to design the sydney opera house. His submission was one of 233 designs from 32 countries, many of them from the most famous architects of the day.

The architect John Utzon(9 April 1918 – 29 November 2008) Although he had won six other architectural competitions previously, the Opera House was his first non-domestic project. One of the judges, Eero Saarinen, described it as "genius" and declared he could not endorse any other choice.

The Structure 6 225 square meters of glass 645 kilometers of electric cable 1 000 rooms. 185 meters long 120 meters wide. roof sections weight about 15 tons. 1 million tiles on the roof. 200 000 tourists each year.

The Structure The Sydney opera house ,looks like a erecting shell , and like two giant white sailing boats, flying in the blue sea. But according to the designers in his later life, his originality was actually comes from the oranges. It is those off half of the skin of the orange inspired him. Maybe like this

The Structure Although the roof structures are commonly referred to as "shells" (as in this article), they are precast concrete panels supported by precast concrete ribs, not shells in a strictly structural sense.[13] Though the shells appear uniformly white from a distance, they actually feature a subtle chevron pattern composed of 1,056,006 tiles in two colours: glossy white as well as matte cream. The tiles were manufactured by the Swedish company Höganäs AB which generally produced stoneware tiles for the paper-mill industry.

The Structure Apart from the tile of the shells and the glass curtain walls of the foyer spaces, the building's exterior is largely clad with aggregate panels composed of pink granite quarried at Tarana. Significant interior surface treatments also include off-form concrete, Australian white birch plywood supplied from Wauchopein northern New South Wales, and brush box glulam.

Performance venues and facilities It houses the following performance venues: The Concert Hall, with 2,679 seats, the home of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra . It contains the Sydney Opera House Grand Organ, the largest mechanical tracker action organ in the world, with over 10,000 pipes. The Joan Sutherland Theatre, a proscenium theatre with 1,507 seats. The Drama Theatre, a proscenium theatre with 544 seats. The Playhouse, an end-stage theatre with 398 seats.

Performance venues and facilities The Studio, a flexible space with a maximum capacity of 400, depending on configuration. The Utzon Room, a small multi-purpose venue, seating up to 210. The Forecourt, a flexible open-air venue with a wide range of configuration options, used for a range of community events and major outdoor performances. Other areas (for example the northern and western foyers) are also used for performances on an occasional basis. Venues are also used for conferences, ceremonies and social functions.

Stages of construction This building is not built overnight. It has experienced three stages. Stage 1:sunk fence(1959---1963) Stage 2:the shell(1963---1967) Stage 3:Interior design and decoration(1967---1973)

The Beauty

Day beauty Night beauty

inside beauty

The Ending There is no doubt that the Sydney Opera House is his masterpiece. It is one of the great iconic buildings of the 20th century, an image of great beauty that has become known throughout the world – a symbol for not only a city, but a whole country and continent.　 In 2003 April, the architect Jorn Utzon won the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for architecture,  Pulitzer Prize is finally admitted to Jorn Utzon and his masterpiece. Unfortunately,  the designer of the Sydney Opera House, in his life, until his death were not seen his masterpiece.

The Ending Thank you!!