The idea of building an opera house in Sydney began in the last years of the 1940s and was promoted by the local government of New South Wales. Historical overviewĮero Saarinen watercolor of Utzon’s proposal for the Sydney Opera House, dated 1957 All of this caused a total accumulated delay from the initial estimates of around a decade and an extra 1300% cost paid through a successful lottery system.
It is also important to note that there were no personal computers at the time, and therefore no computer programs in the field of graphic representation and structural analysis.
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The main problem was that in Utzon’s proposal, the roofs’ geometry was not defined but just specified as free-form sculptural shells. The success of the building contrasts with the difficulties faced during its construction and the complicated process of its roof design.
You never get tired of observing a gothic cathedral … ” If you think of a gothic cathedral, you will be close to what I was expecting. In other words, the rooms speak for themselves, the size of each is shown in its roof. In the words of Utzon himself, he sought to create a “sculpture that covers all the necessary uses. The building’s iconic expression comes mainly from its roofs’ expressive power, whose forms were conceived by the Danish architect Jørn Utzon, winner of the competition announced at the end of 1955. It is currently the most visited arts and entertainment center globally, with nearly 11 million visitors and more than one million annual attendees to its performances. It is the most modern building to receive this recognition. The building, located on the Bennelong Point peninsula in the heart of Sydney’s Harbor, was officially inaugurated by Queen Elizabeth II on October 20th, 1973, and declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2007. It is not only a symbol of the city and Australia, but it’s also considered by critics as a “World Monument” at the level of Gizeh’s pyramid, the Taj Mahal, or the Eiffel Tower. The Sydney Opera House is one of the most recognizable architectural pieces worldwide.
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