This structure is a combination of both articulation and fusion styles.

Although the "wings" of the

opera house stand articulated from the whole, within the wings the ribs of the structure have
been fused, or made continuous, by covering the structure with a smooth surface. The smooth
covering creates in the process other, larger symbolic forms in rhythmic succession on the roof.
(See photo of completed structure in the gallery below.)
The result here is sensuous, related to both earth and sky, as the fused forms are more natural in
form than are sharp angles with strong definition. The sharper forms, the result of the smooth
surface fusion, intrude with sharp articulation into the sky.[2][5]