Portfolio / The Ligeti Music Center

This project was the result of a cross-disciplinary studio based on the relationship between music and architecture. György Ligeti’s “Concerto for Violin and Orchestra” served as the inspiration for the design of the building. While incorporating many themes from Ligeti’s Concerto, the project focuses on the distinction between the sounds of the violin and the ocarina. Two types of space based on these instruments weave throughout the building, creating a place where time, distance and memory tangle and collapse.

The model was made up from layers of 1/8″ clear and white acrylic, as well as acrylic rods. LED lights were incorporated into the ceiling of the interior of the model, as well as in the auditorium in the lower section of the model. Elements of the model were designed to be removed in order to show various components of the building and to allow for photography.

This project was done in collaboration with Priscilla Fraser.