The first building in China to be completely floating on isolators and one of the earlier professional venues to utilize ‘3D Holographic Sound Technology’ – the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra Hall is now officially operational. Located in the historical preservation area of Shanghai, this building, resembling a ‘large saddle’, complements the surrounding architecture with its dynamic curves and plain terracotta facade.
Designed by the master of architecture, Arata Isozaki, the hall includes one large and one small sunken concert hall as well as an entrance hall, with the main hall accommodating 1,200 spectators and the smaller hall accommodating 400 spectators, also serving as an advanced 3D holographic recording studio. Due to the presence of immovable cultural relics and outstanding historical protection buildings nearby, the height of the concert hall is restricted, with more than two-thirds of the construction work being carried out underground. To isolate noise from the subway line only 6 meters away, the designers placed the concert hall on ‘Simmons’-like isolator springs, thus creating one of the earlier ‘fully floating buildings’ in China. The acoustic design of the concert hall was undertaken by Japanese acoustic master Yasuhisa Toyota. Among them, the 400-person chamber music hall employs ‘3D Holographic Sound Technology’, enabling precise sound localization from all sound image positions in three dimensions – front, back, left, right, and up and down. When a clarinet player tests the sound, the quality is so penetrating and touching that it provides the audience with an ‘immersive’ experience. The opening hours of the venue are determined based on the time of performances or events.Jaguar Shanghai Symphony Hall
The first building in China to be completely floating on isolators and one of the earlier profession[...]
