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Rem Koolhaas/OMA challenges old notions of what a concert hall should be in the sculptural CASA DA MUSICA in Porto, Portugal The bung aces se ren and (wettom ht and ane By David Conn, ‘ke an ungainly barge of lopsided spaceiip the abstract seul- l ‘ural form of Rem Koolhaas Coa ds Mascabar made asplahy Innding in Porto Portugal's second-lgest iy overturning one enional ideas of concer-hall decorum with the Dutch auchtec! characteristic edgy sense of syle Designed to attact aie ences many diferent musical perasions—rom aij nd aba classical symphonis—she projet aims tobe an iterzationl landmark ‘Bat ives Porto a bon amid Portugal caren economic male Posed i ite own plaa beside cla park tha interrupts & rand avenue connecting the od iy tothe nearby Aatic the Gam dt Masia starts upsting conventions atthe ont dos offering anew take contheartof making a dramatic entrance, Located midway up the bul- Ings hullke volume, atthe top of theaticaly baci sta with avid Cohn nace’ iterations orrepandet Bisel Said a he tor f Yung Spat chests (Bian, 2009, butusrades of ames gas the ete isa glass sot ed at rash a5

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