CITRUS TREES INSPIRED THE DESIGN OFTHIS $500 MILLION PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

摘要

Once upon a time, the orange was the socio-economic driver of the city of Anaheim, Calif. The hesperidium may no longer play quite as crucial a role in the city's economy, but its former importance has not been forgotten. Take for example the design of the new $500 million Anaheim Performing Arts Center (APAC). SPF:architects studied the trunks, root structures, and leaves of orange trees, and even the skin of oranges, to draw inspiration for the half-billion-dollar project. The result is a complex that is organized as a grid to mirror the layout common to an orchard, with each major building adopting a circular shape deriving from an orange tree. Additionally, each of the main structures is clad in perforated copper-anodized aluminum, meant as an evocation of the skin of an orange.