The second prize winning proposal for the Busan Opera House, designed by designcamp moonpark dmp, aims at resolving the issue of a lack of much needed public space where people can stroll and enjoy the waterfront activity. The Opera House is an opportunity to give this luxury of space, this water’s edge back to the citizens. Inspired by opera itself and its dramatic scenographies, the facility is designed to create dramatic vignettes of the harbor, the city and the mountains. More images and architects’ description after the break.
The sublime beauty of North Port, with it’s industrial hum of activity and its smells, colors and patterns have never been successfully integrated with the everyday activity of the Busan people. Infrastructure such as the railroad tracks physically isolate the water’s edge from the rest of the city. The winding waterfront is lined with the functions of the shipping industry resulting in this lack of public space.
