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Cloud Tower by the next ENTERprise - architects?? 2009-07-16 10:51:56|??分类： 概念建筑 |??标签：建筑设计??建筑?? |字号大中小?订阅 Cloud Tower is a pavilion for open-air concerts in the grounds of a castle near Vienna, Austria, designed by the next ENTERprise - architects. Located at Grafenegg Castle along with the copper-clad concert hall in our previous story, the auditorium occupies an existing depression in the landscape, accentuated by further excavations. Visitors enter the auditorium through a corridor cut into the small hill created with the displaced earth The auditorium has 1,670 seats with a further 300 on the lawn, while the stage can accommodate an orchestra withup to 200 performers. The 23 metre tall, steel stage-roof is made of steel and glass, reflecting the surrounding sky and trees. Photographs are by Lukas Schaller. Here’s some more information from the architects: – Project title: Wolkenturm – Freiluftbühne Schlosspark Grafenegg / Cloud Tower – Open-air pavilion Grafenegg the next ENTERprise - architectsLand in Sicht – landscaping The castle grounds of Grafenegg are almost 250 years old. Every period has left its traces, and this stylistic variety is one of the reasons for the park’s appeal. The area, with the castle and moat at its centre, has a size of approx. 31 ha. The park and its dendrological collection are open year round and are accessible from two main entrances on the west and east side. The open-air pavilion in the park is used as a stage during festival season in summer, and as a attraction for excursionists and flaneurs – similar to the gazebos in historical landscape gardens, which were designed as a destination or a stop-over on extended walks. The pavilion is part of a relational field, recontextualizing the existing elements of the ensemble: the ‘new’ entrance, the riding school, the castle, the ‘Black Gate’ and the ‘Gro?e Senke’ (lit. transl.: large depression). With great ease the pavilion inserts itself into the landscape and,