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PROGRAM : The New Performing Arts centre (Opera House, Concert hall and Outdoor Concert Hall)
LOCATION : The Nodeul Island in the middle of the Hangang River
COMPETITION PROMOTERS : Seoul Metropolitan Government
COMPETITION ORGANIZATION : Dong Whan Kim, Director of Culture & Art Center Development
PERSPECTIVES : Philippe Steels
"The Opera House and the Concert Hall are both created on oval plans inscribed in the ellipse of the ground floor. They are studied for a reverberation time of sound between 1,6 and 1,9 second. Moreover, they belong both a morphology of acoustic adjustable boards which enables to change the corrections parameters and to obtain a listening quality adapted to different repertories. The music lovers imagine already they are listening to the National Orchestra of Corea ! "
