Jorn Utzon's Work Famous for sydney Opera house

1. Jørn Oberg
Utzon

2. Earl y l i f e and career
 Ut zon was bor n i n Copenhagen, t he son of a
naval engi neer , and gr ewup i n Aal bor g,
Denmar k, wher e he became i nt er est ed i n shi ps
and a possi bl e naval car eer .
 As a r esul t of hi s f ami l y's i nt er est i n
ar t , f r om1937 he at t ended t he Royal Dani sh
Academy of Fi ne Ar t s wher e he st udi ed under
Kay Fi sker and St een Ei l er Rasmussen.
 He t ook a par t i cul ar i nt er est i n t he wor ks
of Amer i can ar chi t ect
Fr ank Ll oyd Wr i ght .
Archi t ect ural approach
 Ut zon had a Nor di c sense of concer n f or nat ur e whi ch, i n hi s
desi gn, emphasi zed t he synt hesi s of f or m, mat er i al and f unct i on f or
soci al val ues.
 Hi s f asci nat i on wi t h t he ar chi t ect ur al l egaci es of t he anci ent
Mayas, t he I sl ami c wor l d, Chi na and Japan enhanced hi s vi si on.
 Thi s devel oped i nt o what Ut zon l at er r ef er r ed t o as Addi t i ve
Ar chi t ect ur e, compar i ng hi s appr oach t o t he gr owt h pat t er ns of
nat ur e.
A design can grow like a tree, he explained : "If it grows naturally,
the architecture will look after itself."

3. •Architect's own house, Denmark, 1950–52
•Middelboe house, Denmark, 1953–55
•Kingo Houses, Denmark 1956–60
•Elineberg Housing, Sweden, 1954–66.
•Planetstaden housing project, Sweden, 1956–58.
•Sydney Opera House, Sydney, Australia, 1956–73
•Fredensborg Houses, courtyard housing, Denmark, 1959–63.
•Melli Bank, University of Tehran Branch, Tehran,
•Hammershøj Care Centre, Denmark, 1962–66.
•Bagsværd Church, Bagsværd, Denmark, 1968–76
•Espansiva building system, Denmark, 1969
•Can Lis, Architect's own house, Spain, 1971–73
•Paustian Furniture Store, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1985–87
•Can Feliz, Majorca, Spain, 1991–94
•Skagen Odde Nature Centre, Denmark, 1989
•Utzon Center, Aalborg, 2008
• The National Assembly Building in Kuwait (1982)
WORKS
Sydney Opera House
National Assembly Building,
Kuwait
Utzon Center

4. EVOLUTI ONOF FORM
Sydney, NewSout h Wal es,
Aust r al i a.
SYDNEYOPERAHOUSE
The pr i nci pl e t hat i s f undament al t o t he
ar chi t ect ur e of Jørn Ut zon :
He dr aws i nspi r at i on f r omnat ur e f or or gani c f or m
and cr eat es an ar chi t ect ur e t hat i s pr edomi nant l y
exper i ent i al i n char act er .
Wi t hi n t he broad f ramework of drawi ng
i nspi rat i on f romnat ure and seeki ng an
archi t ect ure t hat i s experi ent i al i n
charact er, a set of desi gn pri nci pl es
speci f i c t o t he Sydney Opera House can be
i dent i f i ed.
 THEBUI LDI NGASSYMBOL
 THEBUI LDI NGASSCULPTURE
 FORMANDFUNCTI ON
 ORI ENTATI ONANDMOVEMENT
 ADDI TI VEARCHI TECTURE
- ELEMENTS
- PRE- FABRI CATI ON
- GEOMETRY
 STRUCTURAL
 EXPRESSI ON
 MATERI ALS
 COLOUR
 LI GHT
 ACOUSTI CS
SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE
The f ol l owi ng pri nci pl es are descri bed i n quot at i ons by Ut zon :

5. SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE
 The character which is
most prominent about the
Opera House is it’s bei ng
f r ee i n t he cent r e of
t he Sydney Har bour , f r ee
f r omal l si des, vi si bl e
f r omal l si des.
 The posi t i on on a peni nsul a,
whi ch i s over l ooked f r omal l
angl es makes i t i mpor t ant t o
mai nt ai n an al l - r ound
el evat i on...t he bui l di ng must
f or ma f r eest andi ng scul pt ur e
i n cont r ast t o t he squar e
bui l di ngs sur r oundi ng i t .

6. About t he Bui l di ng
Ther e ar e near l y 1000 r ooms i n t he Oper a House i ncl udi ng t he f i ve mai n
audi t or i a. Ther e i s al so a Recept i on Hal l , f i ve r ehear sal st udi os, f our
r est aur ant s, si x t heat r e bar s, ext ensi ve f oyer and l ounge ar eas, si xt y
dr essi ng r ooms and sui t es, l i br ar y, an ar t i st s' l ounge and cant een known
as t he "Gr een Room", admi ni st r at i ve of f i ces and ext ensi ve pl ant and
machi ner y ar eas.
SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE
"I l i ke t o t hi nk t he Sydney Opera House i s l i ke a musi cal
i nst rument , and l i ke any f i ne i nst rument , i t needs a l i t t l e
mai nt enance and f i ne t uni ng, f romt i me t o t i me, i f i t i s t o
keep
on performing at the highest level.“
In 2003, the same year
that Sydney Opera
House celebrated its
30th birthday, Jørn
Ut zon was awar ded t he
Pr i t zker Pr i ze f or
Ar chi t ect ur e, t he
hi ghest awar d i n i t s
f i el d.
The Oper a Theat r e, seat i ng
1,547, i s mai nl y used f or
per f or mances of oper a,
bal l et and dance. The
audi t or i um, l i ke t he
Concer t Hal l , i s panel ed i n
wood f or acoust i c r easons,
but t he cei l i ng and wal l s
ar e pai nt ed bl ack t o al l ow
t he audi ence t o f ocus i t s
at t ent i on upon t he st age.

7. Utzon said of the Design Principles, "My job is to
articulate the overall vision and detailed design
principles for the site, and for the form of the
building and its interior".