Auditorium Parco della Musica (Rome, Italy) : Detail, steel support struts for the roof where they attach to thin Roman brick dressing of wall; wood structure and rafters of lead-covered roof

Creator:

Piano, Renzo, 1937-

Published/Created:

Rome, Lazio, Italy
Viale Pietro de Coubertin, 30
1995-2002

Physical Description:

55,000 m2 (area, complex)

Date Depicted:

4/8/2009

Materials:

red brick; lead sheeting; travertine; wood

Notes:

A large multi-functional public music complex in Rome. The complex is situated in the north of the city, in the area where the 1960 Summer Olympic Games were held. Designed by Italian architect Renzo Piano; Jürgen Reinhold from Müller-BBM was in charge of acoustics in the three concert halls; Franco Zagari was landscape architect for the outdoor spaces. The three large concert halls are Sala Petrassi, about 700 seats; Sala Sinopoli, about 1200 seats; and Sala Santa Cecilia, about 2800 seats. They are structurally separated to ensure soundproofing, though joined at the base by a continuous lobby. A fourth "concert hall", called Cavea, is the open air theater recalling ancient Greek and Roman theaters. The fan-shaped layout (seating for 3000) is formed around the central piazza. During construction, excavations uncovered the foundations of a villa and oil press dating from sixth century BCE. Renzo Piano redesigned the facility to accommodate the archaeological remains and included a small museum; this delayed completion of the complex by a year. The concert halls have popular nicknames like beetles, scarabs, computer mice, describing their appearance.

Topics:

Architecture -- Italy -- 20th century -- (YVRC)
Architecture -- Italy -- 21st century -- (YVRC)

Period/Style:

Contemporary
Twenty-first century

Culture:

Italian

Accession Number:

1A1-PR-APM-A36

Coordinates:

+41.929075+12.474557

Genre:

architecture (AAT)
auditoriums (AAT)

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Sculptures, Models, & Architecture

Rights:

Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.

Access Restrictions:

Yale Community Only

Digital:

buildings; performing arts buildings; concert halls; buildings; performing arts buildings; theaters (buildings); open-air theaters; amphitheaters (built works); complexes; sites (locations); archaeological sites; excavations (sites) architecture; contempo

Source Creator:

Gilchrist, Scott

Source Title:

Archivision Addition Module Seven

Source Created:

2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.
4/8/2009 12:00:00 AM

Source Note:

Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2011; photographer Scott Gilchrist

Yale Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Digital Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Local Record Number:

4349

OID:

10468443

PID:

digcoll:1840687