UCLA Music Hall
Primitive Shape
Approach from the back
Marble Surfaces
Private Concert
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Advisor: Neil Denari
UCLA Music Hall
Minimalist music is a form of art with compositional practice that employs limited musical materials. The objective for this campus music hall was to utilize minimalist modules on a sloped site. The form of the module acts as a repetitious note on a keyboard as it spreads across a field. The field could go on forever in this repetition, but it is carved by the property line. This carving creates unique elevations to the project.
The surfaces of the modules are reflective marble slabs to displace the scale of the building to the person in its monolithic nature. Glass is used between modules to fill the gaps of the project with sunlight. To not take away from this monolithic aura, lighting is concealed in the ceiling panels between modules. As the site changes in elevation, ramps lead down into the concert hall and amenities are intentionally blended into the design.
Each image provided describes a walkthrough to the project. Starting from the approach, either from the front or back of the project the module shape evolved from the sloped ground. Being inside the space during the day shows glass between modules, to represent the silence between different beats in the music. Once inside the concert, glass is replaced with more ceiling panels, in a space to bring people together to form an area of intimacy. Music can then be an experience along with the building.