The Music Hall in the Sky is a small, classical music concert hall that seats 50 people. Through the thoughtful placement of windows and mirrors, this small concert hall gives the impression that it is surrounded by the sky.
PROJECT: 空のある音楽ホール (Music Hall in the Sky)
YEAR: November 2020
ARCHITECT: Takuro Yamamoto Architects
STRUCTURAL DESIGN: Takashi Baba Structure Design Office
ACOUSTIC DESIGN: Nagata Acoustics
CONSTRUCTION: Shin Co., Ltd.
PROJECT TYPE: Music Hall
LOCATION: Tokyo, Japan
I notice the influence of Ando Tadao's seminal work, The Church of the Light in Ibaraki prefecture, in Yamamoto's work on Music Hall in the Sky, notably in the manipulation of light to shift spatial perceptions and create a sensation of weightlessness.
