Central Concert Hall, Astana Kazakhstan

Manfredi Nicoletti designed the Central Concert Hall near the the Ak Orda Presidential Palace in Astana, the capital city of Kazakhstan. It was completed in 2009.

The city airport and University Humanities Building offer an unusual blue circular shape that is for some reason prevalent. The glass panels take on a much more dynamic form at the concert hall, breaking up into twisting shards and displaying horizontal streaks. The shards open up to give entrances and glazed sections for daylight.

The overall site is a rectangle of urban park within three aligned piazzas. The concert is intended to open like a flower next to the Presidential Palace and Senate. This vision of bulbous motion continues inside. The music establishes an envelope of space.

The 3,500 seat auditorium is surrounded by restaurants, exhibition halls, gathering spaces, theaters, and shops. A large flexibility in music styles is permitted because of acoustic curtains that can move and absorb a large amount of sound.

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(Ken and Nyetta– flickr/creative commons license)

(Ken and Nyetta– flickr/creative commons license)
Airport:

(陈霆, Ting Chen, Wing– flickr/creative commons license)
Humanities Building at University:

(Ken and Nyetta– flickr/creative commons license)
 

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