Taichung Metropolitan Opera House Taichung, Taiwan
Taichun Met rop olit an O p era hous e is desig ne d by Toyo Ito. The f luid cont inuit y of t he bui lding wa l ls are for me d w it h 58 indiv idu a l c ur ve d wa l l units, t his cre ate d a maze of interlo ck ing reinforcement ste el b ars and ste el t r uss es. The f luid wa l ls t hat were us e d in t his st r uc ture were t hre e dimensiona l and it w as t houg ht to b e imp ossible to fabr ic ate. Howe ver ma k ing us e of p aramet r ic desig n , t he st r uc ture eng ine ers were able to desig n t he ste el b ars and ste el t r uss es to s er ve as t he b as e for m of t he concrete w hat wou ld e ventu a l ly b e t he for m of t he op era hous e. 1. Zaha Hadid Architects-Pendik Masterplan, Istanbul, Turkey, 2006. (2006). [Web Photo]. Retrieved from http://www. patrikschumacher.com/Images/Digital%20Cities/Istanbul_block-type_2_sm.jpg