For this challenge, I went back to Iceland again. Amy asked us for an image of a “room with a view”.
I take such images very seldom. But, this one is different from the others
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Tag: harpa
A day at the opera
This is the proposed post on Harpa. As I told you last week, when we had a look at the outside at night, I take you to the inside now.
The mantle is made from a very special kind of glass:Dichroic glass
This kind of glass interacts with the changing daylight. The different angles of the lightfall, the different frequencies of the light at different times make the glass reflect parts of the light in the complementary color or let it pass to the inside.
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A night at the opera
This impressive and very unique building is called Harpa. It’s an opera house, but it’s also open to the public during the day. You can enter for free and find a snack bar and a gift shop at the ground floor. But, way more impressive are the upper levels.
As you might have guessed already, I’m showing you this building at night. My next post will focus on the inside.
Harpa is located right next to the harbor. Behind the opera house, you can find the ocean. It was opened in 2011. Unfortunately, the english Wikipedia does not have many facts. There are way more in the German Wikipedia about the origin of the name, the logo, the idea behind the design and the used materials. All of these is inspired by the island: glaciers, northern light, hot pools, volcanoes.
The main concert hall has room for 1,800 people, but there are 3 more rooms Smaller in capacity, but all of them full of the most modern concert and audio technique. As well, as 9 cabins for interpreters.
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