BEETHOVEN FESTPIELHAUS BY ZAHA HADID ARCHITECTS

Beethoven Festspielhaus proposal design by Zaha   Hadid Archi tects in
Bonn, This UK architectural firm has submitted a design of sinuous
translucence. Expanding like a mouth, the structure’s Rhine-side glazed
facade reveals the grand staircase that leads concertgoers upwards to the
main concert hall. The curvilinear shell opens and closes, creating an
ongoing dialogue between interior and exterior. The volume’s form
accentuates the continuity between river and city with folds and creases
underlining the rise from riverfront to the urban level. The result, write the
architects, is “a sense of flow, continuity, lightness and movement.”