WALTDI

SNEY CONCERTHALL LOCATI ON

111 South Gr and Avenue LosAn-
geles,Cal i
fornia,U.S
OPENED
Oct ober24,2003
ARCHI TECT
FrankGehr y
TYPE
Concer thal l
AREA:
200000 ft²

WaltDi
sney

SI
TUATED
Concer
tHall

Located i
n downtown LosAnge-
les,onthehil
lBunkerHill,United
States.I
ti sl
ocated nextt ot he
Dor ot
hy Chandler Pavi
lion, be-
tween First St
reet and Gr and
Avenue.
STAGELEVEL

STRUCTURE
I
NTRODUCTI
ON To calculat
et he compl ex s
hapes of
the curvesWal tDi s
ney Concer tHall
Foraboutthi r
teen year
s,WattDisney concerthall wasused t o Cat i
as of
tware.Thi sal-
hasbeenauni quelocusformusi
c,artsandar chi
tec- lowed ust o determinet hestructure
tur
e.Sincei
tsopeningi n2003i
thasbeenoneoft he andshapeofeachpi eceofs teelthat
mostrecognizablesymbolsofLosAngel esand also coversthem.
one oft he bes tknown concer thal l
soft he wor ld.
Thees tablishmentofaConcer tHalloriginallybegan ACOUSTI
CS
in 1987 when Li l
ian Disneydonat ed $50 mi ll
ion in
honour of her l ate hus band.A year l Tot
aterestt
,Fr heacous
ank tics,t heyuseda
Gehr ywas s elected during t he desi 1:10s
gn compet cal
i
ti emodeloft
on heaudi tori
-
butmi smanagementandpol it
ics,thepr um,compl
oj ectdidn' tetewi t
hamodeloccu-
reallystartunt il1996.Di sneyConcer tHalpanti n each s
lwascom- eat.Thi srequired
pleted and becamepar toft heLosAngel allelement
esCal ifor- stobes cal edaccord-
nia'sper f
or ming distri
cton Oct ober23r ingly, i
d 2003. ncl
The udi ng i ncr easing the
home oft he LA Phi l,it has become wi frequencyofs
dely wel l ound i nt hes pace
known f ori tsuni quear chitecturalfor tor educe t
m and itsex- he wavel engt h by a
cellentacous tics. factoroft en.The concer thall'
s
partitionsand cur ved,bi l
lowing
CONCEPT ceil
cals
i
ngactaspar
ystem whi l
toft
esubt l
heacous
yr efer
ti
-
enc-
ing t he s cul pt ur
all anguage of ORCHESTRA LEVELPLAN
Capt
uri
ng t
he mot
ionofLosAngel
es,and r
epr
esent
- theext erior
i
ng mus i
calmovement ,Gehr y created an ext er
ior
compos ed ofcur vi
linearformsthats eem t o dance
bot h on and above t he s
ite.The design represents
the style of t
heircr eator,architects Fr
ank Gehr y,
coul d be considered a work ofar ti
ni tsel
f.The ex-
travagance ofi t
sf ormsseemst o defy any rul
esof
har
monyand s
ymmet
ry.

MATERI
ALS
To coatt he out ersurfaceswere used corr
ugat ed 12,500
piecesofs teelt ogetheront heoutsi
de.Not woequalpar ts,
aseachpi ecet akesauni queform ofagreementt ot heirlo-
cation.
Thei nterioroft heaudi t
ori
um and rooms ,i
sl i
ned wi th r
wood.Thi si sthes amet ypeofwoodt hatisusedi nt heback
ofvi oloncel osandvi olas.Herewasus edin oor s,wallsand
ceil
ings .
Insi
de t he cor rugated met alshelland t he s eemi ng
disor der ,isdevel oping the program infourf unct i
on-
allevel s.

MASTER PLAN

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TUTE OF ARCHITECTURE
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TERATURESTUDY 2
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TH MUSI
C MUSEUM 03