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FACADE
FACADE
The chiselled sculptural form of the
white concrete shell houses the main
1,300 seat concert hall, a small 350
seat hall, rehearsal rooms, and The structural heart of the building
recording studios for the Oporto is formed by four massive walls that
National Orchestra. A terrace carved extend from the base to the roof and
out of the sloping roofline and huge connect the tilted external walls
cut-out in the concrete skin connects with the core of the structure. The
the building to city. two one meter thick walls of the
main auditorium act as internal
diaphragms tying the shell together
in the longitudinal direction. The
principal materials are white
concrete, corrugated glass,
travertine, plywood, and aluminium.
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