METAPHOR Kyoto Concert Hall

A new concert hall in Kyoto was to be designed as a reconstruction of an existing hall. The site is located in Kita-ku, northern area of the city, on a site which presently is a hall only for classical music and citizens have limited use of the hall. The theme of this project is to promote the use of the hall not just during performance days but also in the weekdays as a community center.

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The new hall is composed of 5 main programs - music hall, theater, studio, service functions and restaurants. The building is buried 3 �oors under ground due to landscape regulations. Visitors go down the exterior stairs to the lobby and access to the music hall and theater. Integrating service functions to one side makes it possible to perform services such as carry in/out e�ciently.

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Features of a concert hall such as sound re�ector, sloping tiers of seats and rehearsal room are apparent to the exterior parts which can be used as community lounges on weekdays. For example, the outdoor stairs is used for guiding as many as 1,200 audiences on a performance day, and for outdoor amphitheater on weekdays.

Foyer View

Model Photo

METAPHOR Kyoto Concert Hall

MASAFUMI OSHIRO

First edition, 2012.

MASAFUMI OSHIRO

Structure: Reinforced Concrete

Project Type: Design ExerciseMusic Hall5,500㎡

Masafumi OshiroShin Takamatsu

Kyoto, Japan2010

Main Use:Toatal Floor Area:

Project Team:Tutor:

Drawings, images, texts, layout: MASAFUMI OSHIROｃ○

#301 Sankureru Morikami, 17-25 KamikatsuraMorikami, Kyoto, JAPANphone: +81-90-2713-3091email: oshiro.archi@gmail.com