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Arch 653 - LEON Auditorium

Architect: Mansilla + Tunon Architects
Cost: 19.0 M€
Client: Castilla y León regional Government

Start date: 1998
End date: May 2002

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Project Description: The Leon Auditorium is place in Spain. The main volume consisted of the concert Hall and exhibition room. The building spaces houses different activities such as conferences, operas, theater and so forth. The auditorium can serve 600 to 1200 person in one show. The most interesting part of the building is its variable façade pattern, which has different types of windows in different positions. The most challenging part is designing a parametric façade that can be adoptable to these changes. Reference: http://rolandhalbe.eu/portfolio/concert-hall-by-mansilla-tunon-2/ Reference: http://rolandhalbe.eu/portfolio/concert-hall-by-mansilla-tunon-2/ Reference: http://rolandhalbe.eu/portfolio/concert-hall-by-mansilla-tunon-2/

Solution: The first level is divided to eight parts, second floor has ten similar frame, for the third level we can see nine similar frame, fourth floor has eight and the fifth level has seven similar frame. Then we can make a generic conceptual mass model as a family for each frame and it should have changeable instances for its window’s frame size and position. A simple equation can be used to control the size of the window and limit it to the size of the frame. In addition the window frame must be inside the frame so it movement should become limited to the frame size. The whole designing process can be find bellow.