Sou Fujimoto creates House of Music in Budapest park "as a continuation of the natural environment"
Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto has completed a museum dedicated to music topped with an undulating roof punctuated by trees in Budapest's City Park.Â
Named House of Music, the 9,000-square-metre museum is dedicated to telling the history of music over the past 2,000 years.
Sou Fujimoto's House of Music is located in Budapest's City Park
The museum, which was built on the site of the Hungexpo Offices, is surrounded by trees within Budapest's City Park.
Fujimoto designed the building, which is wrapped in a glass wall and topped by a large overhanging roof, to mimic the feeling of being under a tree canopy.
The museum was designed to evoke a canopy of trees
"We were enchanted by the multitude of trees in the city park and inspired by the space created by them," said Fujimoto. "Whilst the thick and rich canopy covers and protects its surroundings, it also allows the sun's rays to reach the ground. I envisaged the open floor plan, where boundaries between inside and outside blur, as a continuation of the natural environment."
The roof is punctured by numerous holes
The building's roof is punctuated by 100 openings, some of which contain trees, while others create lightwells that allow natural light into the building.
On the underside of the roof, 30,000 geometric shapes designed to evoke tree leaves have been set in the ceiling.
The ceiling is covered in 30,000 metal leaves
The House of Music has three storeys that were created to reflect "the ...
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