RELATED CASE STUDIES AND LITERATURE

1. Musikverein in Vienna, Austria: 1744 Seats

Designed by architect Theophil Hansen in the late 1860s, this architectural feat
resembles historical style architecture with columns, pediments, and reliefs. Hansen's
experience in Athens led to a design that showcases the High Renaissance style, which is more
specifically portrayed as Greek Renaissance.

Regarded by many as the best concert hall in the world, Musikverein’s modest size and shoebox
shape result in stunning sound quality. This classic hall opened in 1870.
 HIGH CEILING
 PLASTER INTERIOR FOR LENGTHY REVERBERATION
 IRREGULAR INTERIOR SURFACES

2. Symphony Hall In Boston: 2625 Seats

The architects, McKim, Mead & White of New York, engaged Wallace Clement Sabine, a young
assistant professor of physics at Harvard, as their acoustical consultant, and Symphony Hall
 became the first auditorium designed in accordance with scientifically derived acoustical
principles. Its design is Renaissance Architecture.

Built in 1900 and implementing a similar shoebox design strategy as Musikverein, this theater is
often considered to be the best in the United States.

 BRICK, STEEL AND PLASTER ALONG WITH WOODEN FLOORBOARDS

 COFFERED CEILING & NUMEROUS STATUES CREATE IRREGULARITY TO BALANCE SOUND
 SHALLOW BLACONIES PREVENT ANY REVERBERATIONS FROM BECOMING MUFFLED

3. Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires, Argentina: 2487 Seats

 Considered as one of best buildings for opera in the world, the Colón Theatre in Buenos Aires is
internationally renowned for its acoustics and its heritage value, showcasing the Italian and
French influence on cultural architecture in Argentina. It is situated in a privileged location of the
city´s downtown, between the streets Cerrito, Viamonte, Tucumán, and Libertad.

The Italian architect, Francesco Tamburini, completed the initial designs for the current theater
in 1980. However, after his death in 1981, the plans were modified and construction began
under his partner, architect Víctor Meano. Four years prior to the theatre´s inauguration, Meano
was murdered, and the completion of the project was taken over by the Belgian architect Jules
Dormal. The architecture of the building was Eclectisism.

 HORSESHOE-SHAPED AUDITORIUM
 BALANCES LEVELS WITH HEAVY TAPESTRIES, CARPETS, AND CURTAINS
 700 BULB CHANDELIER CEILING HANGS

4. Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall in Japan: 1632 Seats

Contained within the 54-floor tall Tokyo Opera City Tower is the Takemitsu Memorial Concert
Hall, more commonly called the Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall.  The hall opened in 1997 and,
along with the New National Theater, is part of a cultural complex in Shinjuku, Tokyo. The Tower
also holds a smaller Recital Room and smaller rehearsal rooms, and an Art Gallery. It was
designed by Takahiko Yanagisawa of TAK Architects along with Dr. Leo L. Beranek, who was
commissioned as the Acoustical Consultant. The Architecture style used is Modern Architecture.

 91 FOOT PYRAMIDAL VAULTED CEILING

 WOODEN INTERIOR IS DOUBLE LAYERED TO REDUCE MATERIAL’S BASS – ABSORPTION
EFFECTS
 LIMITED SEAT CUSHIONING
5. Philharmonie de Paris, France: 2400 Seats

The architect Jean Nouvel designed the Philharmonie as a hill that invites visitors to its top, a
third Parisian 'butte' joining those of Chaumont and Montmartre, and a new summit from which
visitors have a spectacular view of northeastern Paris blending seamlessly into the outskirts.

 NO AUDIENCE IS 30 YARDS FROM THE CONDUCTOR

 ALTERNATING MOVING REFLECTIVE PANELS
 ABSORPTIVE SURFACES