1. The surface of the Opera House is white from a distance, but it is actually made of white and yellow pony tiles. These tiles are paved with more than one million Swedish pottery tiles, which have been specially treated, so they are not afraid of the sea breeze. Below the roof are the two major performance venues of the Sydney Opera House-the Concert Hall and the Opera House.

Sydney Opera House looks like it has three huge shells, which are made of cast-in-place reinforced concrete. The length from north to south is186m, and the width from east to west is 97m. The first group of shell plates is located in the west of the location, and four pairs of shell plates are arranged in series. Three pairs face north and one pair faces south. The second group is on the east side of the location, roughly parallel to the first group, with the same shape and smaller scale. The third group, in their southwest direction, is the smallest group, including two pairs of shells, and there is a restaurant inside.

3. The restroom is cleverly arranged in the base. The entrance of the whole building is at the southern end, with a 97-meter-wide staircase. The vehicle entrance and parking lot are located under the big steps. Sydney Opera House is located in Sydney Harbour, facing the sea, with an open environment.

It is famous for its unique architectural design. It looks like three triangles pressing on the beach. The spire shells of different heights are coated with white plaid glaze. Seen from a distance in the sun, they are like erect shells and two huge white sailboats flying on the blue sea, so they are called "Sailboat Roof Theater".

5. The shell-shaped pointed roof consists of 2 194 arc-shaped concrete precast blocks each weighing 15.3 tons, which are tensioned by steel cables and cover1050,000 white or cream tiles. ?

(2) Function:

1. The Opera House has 1547 seats and is mainly used for opera, ballet and dance performances; The interior furnishings are novel, gorgeous and elegant. In order to avoid the reflection of the wall during the performance, all the walls are inlaid with dark plywood: the floor and ceiling are made of local boxwood and birch; The spring chair is covered with a smooth red leather case. With such a device, the performance can have a mellow sound effect.

2. Concert Hall is the largest hall of Sydney Opera House, which can accommodate 2,679 people. Usually used to hold symphony, chamber music, opera, dance, chorus, pop music, jazz and other performances. The concert hall is the center of the opera house, and the specially designed new sound-absorbing ceiling and reflector can better transmit the sound to the performers on the stage and the audience everywhere in the hall. The automatic suspension device improves the flexibility and functionality of the hall and can quickly adapt to different types of performances.

3. Benilan Restaurant. It can hold more than 6000 people. Other various activity places are located on the base. The theater has more than 900 large and small halls such as drama hall, movie hall, large exhibition hall and reception hall, 5 rows of halls, 65 dressing rooms, library, exhibition hall, actor canteen, coffee shop and bar.

4. Creative learning center. The learning center specially provided for children and teenagers mainly focuses on the knowledge and experiments of architectural innovation.

Extended data

The construction of Sydney Opera House;

The first stage:

1958 to 65438+February 5, construction company civil &; Engineers from Civic and Arup Engineering Consulting Company are responsible for supervision and guidance. Out of concern for funds and public opinion, the government strives to carry out the project as soon as possible. However, the final design of joslash utzon has not yet been completed. 196 1 year 65438+1October 23rd, the project was delayed for 47 days, and the low wall project was finally completed on August 3rd10962.

The second stage:

From 1957 to 1963, the design team tried 12 different methods to build the "shell" (including parabolic structure, circular rib and ellipsoid) before finally finding an economically acceptable scheme. In the middle of 196 1, the design team found a solution: all "shells" were created by spheres.

The "shell" was built by Honeybrook Group Co., Ltd., which is responsible for the construction of the third phase. Hornibrook made 2400 precast ribs and 4000 roof panels in the factory, which accelerated the construction progress. To the surprise of Ovarup and the partners' field engineers, these "shells" used innovative adjustable bending steel truss beams to support different roofs before completion. April 6th 1962, Sydney Opera House is expected to be completed between August 1964 and March 1965.

The third stage:

Since Utzon moved his studio to Sydney in February 1963. However, the government changed in 1965, and the new Robert Askin government announced that the construction plan of Sydney Opera House would be under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Public Works. This eventually led to the resignation of Jon Wuzhong of 1966.

So far, even as high as 1966, the cost of the Sydney Opera House construction plan is only 22.9 million yuan, less than a quarter of the final budget of1020,000. However, in the third stage, there will be a great expenditure on design. When Jon Woo Chung resigned, the second phase of the project was nearing completion. Peter Hall took his place after his resignation, and Peter Hall took the biggest responsibility for interior design and decoration. In the same year, others were appointed to replace Jon Woo Joong.

References:

Baidu encyclopedia-Sydney Opera House