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A DAY AT THE HARBIN OPERA HOUSE -
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- čas přidán 21. 08. 2017
- This is the one we have been waiting for a looooong time! We are so happy the video is finally ready!
Are you ready to be taken along for a day at the Harbin Opera House?
This project has been on our list since its was first announced in 2013. Interest only sparked after seeing endless photos appear on our Instagram feed. We had to see this with our own eyes!
With the help from MAD Architects, we ventured out to Harbin, a city in the north-east of China.
A proper approach, always an essential part of visiting architecture, already proved mind-blowing. Rising up from the landscape, the fluid shapes form 2 venues, which encapsulate a large urban plaza. Arriving in the early morning, the plaza was already bursting with activity. What a beautiful sight for our still slightly tired eyes. From young kids to the elderly, the plaza proved to be a popular spot for Harbin’ers and tourists. And why wouldn’t it? With this architecture as backdrop, we could spend days on end observing every corner of this building. (OH WAIT! There is not one corner in this building. Everything blends together!!)
We ventured along the ‘mountain flanks’ making our way up the building to arrive at a viewing platform overlooking the city and the landscape. Wow! It felt like a proper mountain hike. Visitors interacting with the building, forms the absolute highpoint of this visit. But then we hadn’t seen the interior yet!
The interior is out of this world. There was no beginning, no end. It all blends together. The foyer is filled with light, merging interior and exterior. The Grand Hall, is well, Grand. In every possible meaning of the word. The interior forms spaces after space, each with its own views, own feelings, evoking different emotions.
The whole day was leading up to this moment, the whole visit was crafted around this last climax. Lights go dark and a group of well dressed young musicians enter the stage. Sounds are produced, creating an atmosphere that possibly only could happen in this space. Wow, what an experience, what a moment.
This building is not just a building. It’s a journey, an experience. This building is ARCHITECTURE.
We are so happy to finally have seen this project in person. We hope this video captured the feeling visiting this architecture from a new perspective.
If you ever have the chance to visit Harbin, runnnnn to this building. You will not be disappointed.
Thank you for the great team at MAD Architects to make this visit possible. We can not wait to be immersed by more mad architecture soon.
Thank you Rachel Li for accompanying, filming, translating and endlessly stalking people asking them for their opinions.
Have a great week ahead!
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Shot on: Canon 80D/Canon S120/iPhone 6s/DJI Mavic Pro
Shot in Harbin, China
Edited in Shanghai, China
Ridiculous!!!! MA is a GENIOUS,
It looks amazing and do well on local people's life!
+Pz Li yes!! We knew it would look amazing judging from the pictures, but going there and seeing all the people interacting with the building was truly a beautiful sight. Wow. Still get goosebumps thinking back of it!
AWESOME BOSSS
Love your channel! My 2 favorite things, architecture and travel 😍. Keep it up mates
+Ryan Younan that are our 2 favorite things as well!! 😃😃😃😃
This is really amazing. It is true what he said about the social aspect of the building. In terms of form it does something else that is interesting (similar to Guangzhou) The building is a landscape but the interior is a body. Buildings tend to polarize or invert this relationship. This is up there with his former colleague's work, I am undecided about which I prefer Harbin or Heydar Aliyev, I feel this is a much richer experience than Heydar but that Heydar's form is as close to perfection as any building will get.
+Devin du Plessis hi Devin, thanks for your in depth comment. That's a really interesting point of view on the body vs landscape. Yes indeed! This one strongly aligns with Zaha's Heydar Aliyev project. It's one we are trying to visit as well! Hopefully soon. We strongly feel Zaha's Baku project is indeed as close as perfection as a building can get. Smooth, strong, but subtle. The Harbin Opera House is close in that aspect as well.
I love the surface design of this project too with the iterative 'Louvres' (with a captial 'l' haha, as a glass detail. I am also interested in the building that is next to the Heydar Aliyev, I have but a satellite image of it and have no further knowledge of it. But alas the Azerbaijani government is an oppressive one and is clamping down on things like religious freedom. In a further thrust of the rigid stance the street views have been removed which is why I'm in the dark on this one lol.
Whenever I see building such as Guangzhou twin towers I have the question of how they stand. I never seem to find any information on their structure. Can you help leading me to some site that has any info?
I love your exploring vids like that! Wow, just wow
+Nenne Who wow! We are speechless! Thanks!!
Great Video Guys!
2:37 Me in every building
Woooooow so cool! 👏👏👏
+MaggieFC this building is the coolest!!
love your channel, pls keep the vids comin
+GrayPixelMorning we are just getting started!! 😀😀
You guys are inspiration ✌
+Arch student wow! That's so awesome to hear!
How did you get backstage?? I just came back from Oslo Opera House and they were very strict about where people could/couldn't go. Great insight!
+T S usually is the same with any opera building in China as well. But we collaborated with the architects so they made sure we could get backstage. Which was obviously breathtaking as you can imagine!!
I would love to live here If i could.
Where is this thing?
Where is it
EXCELLEEENT!
May I ask about the generic idea?
you're always share a epic videos! keep like that
+fauzy fatturahaman thanks so much!! We try hard to bring you the coolest stuff!!
Super
could you tell me the bgm name? I love it so much!
+黄亚鑫 bgm name? You mean the building name? It's the Harbin Opera House / Harbin Grand Theatre.
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+Cities of the Future thanks so much!! Glad you like it!!
Inside it looks kinda like Elbphilharmonie. :o
Epic vid! Keep it up!
+Mengjie Shen thanks so much!!
Great video, keep it up!
+Alex Dahlin thanks Alex!! We keep creating.
Whats name of sound? Started 0:20 seconds
+Tiziano Covello Need to check! Will get back to you later!
1:54 и сюда русские просочились
Diagrid? Perhaps?
Too many quick cuts. Not enough Chinese babies. :-)
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