A low-cost post-earthquake cardboard concert hall in L'Aquila, Italy

摘要

The project was a challenge for the design team because of the unusual technical, economic and political context. Furthermore, the shape of the preliminary project of the hall and the wish to use unusual materials complicated the acoustical design. Non-classical solutions had to be devised to provide, at the lowest possible cost, good acoustics for music and a reasonable acoustic insulation. It turned out that some of the cheapest materials, the strongly diffusive heavy cardboard cylinders and the high insulation sandbags, were actually assets. The concert hall has been well-received by the artists, the public and the professors and students of the Conservatorio Di Musica "A Castella", for its original aesthetics and for its acoustics. This example may pave the way for low-cost concert halls of the future.