Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) has won a competition to design the Sverdlovsk Philharmonic Concert Hall in Yekaterinburg, Russia.Â
Forty-seven international teams submitted designs for the competition, which was organised by the Sverdlovsk Region’s Ministry of Construction to find a home for the Ural Philharmonic Orchestra.
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The structure will contain a 1,600-seat concert hall and a 400-seat chamber music venue underneath a suspended canopy that is intended to resemble a sound wave. ZHA says the venues will appear to be "suspended within the canopy, appearing to float above the new civic plaza".
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Christos Passas, ZHA project director, said: "Russia has been a formative influence on ZHA’s creative work. From very early in her career, Zaha was attracted to the Russian avant-garde who conceived civic spaces as urban condensers that catalyse a public realm of activity to enrich creativity and community. These principles are embedded within the design of the new Sverdlovsk Philharmonic Concert Hall."
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ZHA worked with Moscow architect Speech, London structural engineer AKT II and Moscow landscape designer Arteza.
Images courtesy of ZHA/VA