![]() ![]() The diagram below shows how the design from orange peel to ‘shell’ roof evolved. The Sydney Opera House was opened in 1973 by Queen Elizabeth Jorn Utzon was one of the pioneers in the use of prefabricated modular forms and designing for sustainability. It is said that the shells of the 14 separate roofs, form a sphere if combined. and imaginative design for the Sydney Opera House. ![]() Jorn Utzon was best known for his problematic, dynamic. It was designed by Danish architect Jorn Utzon and completed by an Austrian. Jorn Utzon claimed that the final design of the shells, was inspired by peeling an orange. The Sydney opera house, completed in 1973, was located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The design of the ‘shells’ was one of the most difficult aspects of the building’s design. In April 2003 Jrn Utzon, at the age of 85, was awarded the Pritzker Prize architecture’s ‘Nobel’. The roof structures of the Opera House are called ‘shells’. The construction of Sydney Opera House through historical photographs, 1959-1973 Part of the shells which form the roof of the Sydney Opera House, still under construction after 10 years of work. When placed in another context, a new spatial experience occurs, detached from the original spatial. He looked upon nature for guidance when designing, as nature over time combined both efficiency and beauty, hand in hand. Utzons unrealized design is made accessible as a pavilion. Utzon was influenced in his designs by bird wings, the shape and form of clouds, shells, walnuts and palm trees. The design of the Sydney Opera House was inspired by nature, its forms, functions and colours. In 1956, the New South Wales premier Joseph Cahill announced a competition open to anyone to design a national opera house at Bennelong Point in Sydney. In 1950 he opened his own Architectural business. These included Mies van der Rohe and Charles Eames. He travelled widely and met many of the best known designers of the era. He studied architecture at the Copenhagen Royal Academy of Arts and much of his early work was in Sweden. He was born in 1918, the son of a naval engineer. Jorn Utzon was a relatively unknown Danish architect in the 1950s, until he won the competition to design the National Opera House in Sydney Australia, in 1956. PDF FILE - Jorn Utzon - Boxed Learning Exercise PDF FILE - CLICK HERE FOR PRINTABLE WORKSHEET Thanks to: 'Opera House Inspired by Nature' video, for information and pictures - Sydney Opera House, Bennelong Point, GPO Box 4274 Sydney NSW 2001 ![]() SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE- INSPIRED BY NATURE CLICK HERE FOR INDEX PAGE ![]()
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