Encased: Amorphous Metallic Addition Hugs a Czech Concert Hall
Looking almost parasitic in nature, an amorphous, ballooning silver volume stretches out to envelop a more traditional building in new renderings of Steven Holl Architects? ?Encased.? Chosen as the winner of an international competition to design a new concert hall in Ostrava, Czech Republic, the design adds to the existing House of Culture, itself an austere travertine-clad complex completed in 1961.
Of the winning design, jurist Rafi Segal says, ?It?s not the size of the building, but the importance and significance of it.? Another jury member, Krzysztof Ingarden, says ?it is a fantastic piece of architecture [that considers] very well the relationship between the City of Ostrava and the park behind the existing building. I believe the winning project will be an emblematic piece of architecture for Ostrava [and revitalize] the city as well.?
Construction hasn?t yet begun on this project, but it?s unlikely the new Ostrava Concert Hall will be plagued with similar problems. It?s set to open in 2023 and will be produced in collaboration with the Czech firm Architecture Arts.
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