The Chapel of Sound
Year: 2018-2020 (Built)
Type : Architect at Open Architects
Principals in charge: Li Hu, Huang Wenjing
The Chapel of Sound, a monolithic open-air concert hall in a valley next to the ruins of the Great Wall of China outside Beijing.
The project by Beijing-based practice Open Architecture is situated in a mountainous countryside area, two hours drive from the centre of the Chinese capital.
The building comprises a semi-outdoor amphitheatre, outdoor stage, viewing platforms and a rehearsal room.
Built entirely from concrete that has been enriched with an aggregate made from local stone, the concert hall has been designed to resemble a piece of the natural landscape.
The rock-like structure is composed of a series of concrete layers, each of which cantilevers out from the previous layer to create an inverted cone shape.
The structure was built using concrete that was reinforced with a local stone aggregate
