Casa da Música by Rem Koolhaas

and Stefan Sagmeister.

“There are some buildings that provide a sense of continuity, but this building consists of abrupt and autonomous elements that are connected by means of a fluid space. So, I see it as a kind of essay about autonomy and fluidity, separation and connection. For me, it’s important that the fixed elements are surrounded by a much more fluid experience.”
Rem Koolhaas in Público

Casa da Música is a major concert hall space in Porto, designed by Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas with Office for Metropolitan Architecture and Arup-AFA, and was built as part of Porto’s project for European Culture Capital in 2001.

The homage to Portuguese tiles, azulejo, troughout the building is remarkably beautiful in contrast to the concrete.

More images here >

Logo-generator

The identity is based on the layout of the building and designed by Stefan Sagmeister. A logo-generator was developed to create variations of the logo based on the colour of the used image. See a part of Stefan’s TEDtalk about Casa da Música here >