Concert Halls by Nagata Acoustics - Thirty Years of Acoustical Design for Music Venues and Vineyard-Style Auditoria

This visually stunning and data rich text catalogs the design of 32 concert halls by world-renowned acoustician Yasuhisa Toyota and his team at Nagata Acoustics, the firm behind the celebrated Walt Disney Concert Hall, the Hamburg Elbphilharmonie, and numerous others. Alongside architectural drawings and photographs, commentary on the design process and challenges of each hall provides insight for the dedicated listener to appreciate a wide range of internationally beloved concert venues. Summarized acoustical and architectural data for each of the halls will provide valuable reference information to architects and acousticians alike.  Following the project anthology is an overview of the history, development, and acoustical features of vineyard- and surround-style concert halls. A broader discussion of design philosophy reveals the methods by which Toyota has guided architects to create world renowned halls. These technical and general discussions give architects the foundation to design for the performing arts, and provide audiences a new insight and perspective to consider the next time they attend a concert.

List of contents

Part1. Project Anthology.- Chapter1. Suntory Hall.- Chapter2. Kyoto Concert Hall.- Chapter3. Sapporo Concert Hall "Kitara".- Chapter4. Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts.- Chapter5. Walt Disney Concert Hall.- Chapter6. Muza Kawasaki Symphony Hall.- Chapter7. Mariinsky Concert Hall.- Chapter8. Danish Radio Concert House.- Chapter9. New World Symphony.- Chapter10. Helsinki Music Centre Concert Hall.- Chapter11. Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts: Muriel Kauffman Theatre.- Chapter12. Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts: Helzberg Hall.- Chapter13. Soka Performing Arts Center.- Chapter14. Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.- Chapter15. USC Brain and Creativity Institute.- Chapter16. Bing Concert Hall.- Chapter17. Charles Bronfman Auditorium.- Chapter18. Auditorium Giovanni Arvedi.- Chapter19. Shanghai Symphony Hall.- Chapter20. NOSPR Katowice.- Chapter21. Auditorium, Fondation Louis Vuitton.- Chapter22. Radio France Concert Hall.- Chapter23. Philharmonie de Paris.- Chapter24. Musco Center for the Arts.- Chapter25. Lotte Concert Hall.- Chapter26. Elbphilharmonie Hamburg.- Chapter27. Pierre Boulez Saal.- Chapter28. La Seine Musicale.- Chapter29. Repino Hall.- Chapter30. Jinji Lake Concert Hall.- Chapter31. Zaryadye Concert Hall.- Chapter32. The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center.- Part2. Topics on Acoustics and Acoustical Design.- Chapter33. Vienna Musikvereinssaal as the Starting Point of Discussion.- Chapter34. Berlin Philharmonie and the Birth of the Vineyard-style Concept.- Chapter35. Surround Seating Paradigm.- Chapter36. Foundational Projects of Nagata Acoustics.- Chapter37. Reverberation Time, Other Metrics, and Underlying Goals.- Chapter38. Computer Simulation.- Chapter39. Scale Model Testing.- Chapter40. The Importance of Stage Acoustics.- Chapter41. Ceiling Height, Ensemble Reflectors, and Soffits.- Chapter42. Acclimation to a New Hall.- Chapter43. Orchestral Balance.- Chapter44. Orchestra Layout.- Chapter45. Excessive Sound Exposure on Stage.- Chapter46. Stage Risers.- Chapter47. Stage Structure.- Chapter48. Adjustable vs. Fixed Acoustics.- Chapter49. Sound System Design in Concert Halls.- Chapter50. Semi-staged Productions in Concert Halls.- Chapter51. Concert Hall Organ Design.- Chapter52. A New Direction of Concert Hall Design.

About the author

Hailed by The New Yorker as the engineer of "a string of triumphs," Yasuhisa Toyota of Nagata Acoustics has established himself as the authority in the successful creation of the increasingly popular vineyard style concert hall. From well-known concert halls like Walt Disney Concert Hall and Suntory Hall to lesser known gems, Toyota and his colleagues at Nagata Acoustics have discovered an approach to tailor the vineyard design to a variety of scales and uses, all while achieving acoustic excellence.

Motoo Komoda, Daniel Beckmann, Marc Quiquerez, and Erik Bergal work at Nagata Acoustics. Nagata Acoustics has been involved in the acoustic design of nearly every vineyard style concert hall of note to be constructed across the globe in the last 30 years.

Report

"Concert Halls by Nagata Acoustics is the most important work on performing arts design since Leo Beranek's seminal Concert Halls and Opera House (2004). This book can be enjoyed as a coffee table book or reference companion for architects and acousticians. It cements Nagata Acoustics' title as the heavyweight champion of vineyard-style halls." (Brandon Cudequest, Journal of the Audio Engineering Society, Vol. 69 (6), 2021)

Product details

• Authors: Daniel Beckmann, Daniel et Beckmann, Erik Bergal, Motoo Komoda, Marc Quiquerez, Yasuhisa Toyota
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.03.2022
• EAN: 9783030424527
• ISBN: 978-3-0-3042452-7
• No. of pages: 339
• Dimensions: 210 mm x 16 mm x 279 mm
• Illustrations: XVI, 339 p. 346 illus., 235 illus. in color.
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Mechanics, acoustics