Embedded Purpose
A building is always created for a more or less specific purpose; an apartment for living, a library for reading and research, a factory to create. Embedded in the design of the Philarmonie, Berling by Hans Scharoun is the purpose of music.
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| The exterior of The Philharmonie, shaped by its interior photo credit |
It is embedded so deep in the idea of the building that its influence is shown in its very uncommon design. The exterior is shaped in order to agree with the demands which are placed upon the interior in its function as well as its characteristics of commodity and delight. Delight more specifically concerned with the feeling meant to be conveyed by Hans Scharoun.
Designed with Purpose
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| The Philharmonie, Berlin. Embedded with the idea of music photo credit |
- The building form is shaped by music not only to be acoustically sound but to surround the musicians with the audience at every angle
- Hans Scharoun: "Music is the focal point. This was the keynote from the very beginning. The orchestra and conductor stand spatiall and optically in the very middle of things; if not in the mathmatical center, then certainly they are completely enveloped by the audience." (Roth 554)
- Scharoun describes the building as allowing the audience and the performers to be a single community in a very natural setting
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| A Community of Music. The central stage surround creates a more intimate feel than a stage in front of seating. Intimacy comes through the availability of looking in at any angle. photo credit |
The following link is just a small example of the community created by Hans Scharoun's design
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