Rem Koolhaas' Casa da Musica (Porto)

A building's effect on the urban environment and the lives of those who live near it can be very subtle and difficult to tease out. Porto's Rotunda da Boavista is an ample square inside the city's business center and the Rem Koolhaas-designed Casa da Musica is right across the street. Koolhaas wanted to make it as reflective of its context as he could, but as for integrating in the context this building looks like Elton John at a Nazi Rally making an effort by dressing in black.
Mission by Kathrin Hillebrand, Rosangela Araùjo
Look at this mission also on Check-in Architecture website http://www.checkinarchitecture.com/mission/193 or on Google Earth http://www.checkinarchitecture.com/index/earth/mission/193.kml

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"Elton John at a Nazi Rally making an effort by dressing in black.

" LOL!

This building truly is an object in the urban fabric, but many people don't pay attention to the views that OMA frames in that building.