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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Rome, Lazio, Italyen_US
dc.coverage.temporal1995-2002 (creation)en_US
dc.creatorPiano, Renzoen_US
dc.date1995-2002en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-09-16T18:34:17Z
dc.date.available2013-09-16T18:34:17Z
dc.date.issued1995-2002en_US
dc.identifier234076en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 2549en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/141503
dc.descriptionDetail, steel support struts for the roof where they attach to thin Roman brick dressing of wall; A large multi-functional public music complex in Rome. The complex is situated in the north of the city, in the area where the 1960 Summer Olympic Games were held. Designed by Italian architect Renzo Piano; Jürgen Reinhold from Müller-BBM was in charge of acoustics in the three concert halls; Franco Zagari was landscape architect for the outdoor spaces. The three large concert halls are Sala Petrassi, about 700 seats; Sala Sinopoli, about 1200 seats; and Sala Santa Cecilia, about 2800 seats. They are structurally separated to ensure soundproofing, though joined at the base by a continuous lobby. A fourth "concert hall", called Cavea, is the open air theater recalling ancient Greek and Roman theaters. The fan-shaped layout (seating for 3000) is formed around the central piazza. During construction, excavations uncovered the foundations of a villa and oil press dating from sixth century BCE. Renzo Piano redesigned the facility to accommodate the archaeological remains and included a small museum; this delayed completion of the complex by a year. The concert halls have popular nicknames like beetles, scarabs, computer mice, describing their appearance. Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 7/29/2012)en_US
dc.format.mediumred brick; lead sheeting; travertine; wooden_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectureen_US
dc.subjectcontemporary (1960 to present)en_US
dc.subjectmusicen_US
dc.subjectPerforming artsen_US
dc.subjectTwenty-first centuryen_US
dc.titleAuditorium Parco della Musicaen_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A1-PR-APM-A33en_US
vra.culturalContextItalianen_US
vra.techniqueconstruction (assembling)en_US
vra.worktypeexcavation (site)en_US
vra.worktypeconcert hallen_US
vra.worktypeamphitheater (built work)en_US
dc.contributor.displayRenzo Piano (Italian architect, born 1937)en_US


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