Casa da Música, Porto, Portugal - Built to coincide with “Porto 2001 – European Culture Capital”, the concert hall is pictured here after structural work had been completed.

Casa da Música
Porto, Portugal

Concert hall with a minimalist, monolithic and polygonal shape

Construction period: 2001-2005

 

 

Location
Main Application
Cultural Buildings
Project participants
Customer: Somague/Mesquita/Casa da Música A.C.E.
Architect: Rem Koolhaas and Ellen van Loon, OMA (Office for Metropolitan Architecture), Rotterdam

The Project

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Casa da Música, Porto, Portugal - Built to coincide with “Porto 2001 – European Culture Capital”, the concert hall is pictured here after structural work had been completed.
Casa da Música, Porto, Portugal - Built to coincide with “Porto 2001 – European Culture Capital”, the concert hall is pictured here after structural work had been completed.
Built to coincide with “Porto 2001 – European Culture Capital”, the concert hall is pictured here after structural work had been completed.

Project Information

Requirements
High, diversely angled walls of architectural concrete quality use of white concrete for all concrete components architectural concrete surfaces with regular joint impression and tie arrangement high concrete pressure thanks to large wall

Solutions
VARIO GT 24 formwork elements, adapted to the special geometric forms climbing scaffold fixed to pre-defined tie positions transfer of the concreting loads through the MULTIPROP support system

Customer benefits
High quality standards and deadlines met

Matus Fernandes, Site Manager, Casa da Música
Matus Fernandes, Site Manager, Casa da Música
Matus Fernandes
Site Manager
The technical solution from PERI was easy and safe to implement. This enabled us to achieve the high quality standards and keep on schedule without any problems.

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Casa da Música, Portugal

Casa da Música, Porto, Portugal - Built to coincide with “Porto 2001 – European Culture Capital”, the concert hall is pictured here after structural work had been completed.
Casa da Música, Porto, Portugal - Built to coincide with “Porto 2001 – European Culture Capital”, the concert hall is pictured here after structural work had been completed.