GLASS FOR FACADE 2022

GLASS FOR FAÇADE - EDITION 2022 - 33 32 - GLASS FOR FAÇADE - EDITION 2022 CULTURE HOUSE OF MUSIC IN HARMONY® WITH NATURE The new building, designed by Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto, features a vast undulating roof and houses a range of interactive musical experiences in celebration of music- making. The House is designed across three levels to encourage visitors to participate and interact with sound and music: subterranean exhibition level, ground floor performance area, and roof top level with museum education. The designers have taken inspiration from the synergy between sound and nature; presenting the building as a continuation of its park context and an ambitious rethinking of a 21st century museum space. Surrounded on all sides by tall trees, the circular building has a full- circumference highly transparent glass façade that eliminates the boundaries between its exterior and interior space. The glass shell comprises 94 frameless highly efficient, up to 12-metre high COOL-LITE® SKN 176 II solar control coated glass from Saint-Gobain Glass. The glass significantly contributes to reducing the building’s cooling requirements with a special coating blocking up to 67% of solar heat gain. Semi- toughened, self-supporting, frameless panes provide plenty of internal light for the event halls and spaces. The roof is as unique as the façades with a slightly undulating, bulbous- rounded shape reminiscent of the top of an oversized mushroom cap. To create this organic form, the architect was inspired by sound wave oscillations. The roof construction is built on a steel structure supported by slender, round columns resembling thin tree trunks. Fujimoto inserted around 100 large and small openings in the roof skin to create a reference to the sky. The glass used here is high security laminated glass from Saint-Gobain Glass. 30,000 leaf-like metal plates hang from the ceiling, forming the upper boundary of the space, which creates the impression of standing under treetops. In addition to the glass products for the façade, 3 other Saint-Gobain so- lutions have been successfully spe- cified in this project: Isover Akustic SSP2 glasswool for sound absorption, Isover Climaver® Neto self suppor- ting air duct panels and Isover TDPT glasswool sound insulation panels for floors. Location Budapest, HU Architect Sou Fujimoto, Sou Fujimoto Architects Inc. General designer Varga Bence, M-Teampannon Kft. Glass façade specialist designer Stocker György DLA, Stokplan Kft. General contractor Magyar Építő Zrt. Glass processors Thiele Glas GmbH Flachglastechnik, Radeberg, DE IGU: Orosházaglas Kft, HU Façade maker Orosházaglas Kft., HU Photos ©Sz. Nagy Judit Certifications CNN – The world’s most expected building in 2021; Time Out – Best new things to do in the world in 2022; MIPIM Awards – Special Jury Award, 2022; World Travel Awards – Europe’s leading new touristic destination, 2022; Ar- chitecture Masterprize - Architectural Design of the Year, 2022; BREEAM Very Good The House of Music, Hungary, a new contemporary cultural landmark dedicated to music in Budapest, built as part of the Liget Budapest Project, Europe’s largest and most ambitious, multiple award-winning urban cultural development. & Awards