Valsolda music box
Location: Valsolda, Italy
Year: 2018
Type: competition
The competition called for the design of a new space to house the Valsolda philharmonic orchestra – a 40 person group of musicians based on the northen shore of lake Lugano. The conceptual proposal for the project is based on the music box – a mechanical device prevalent in the 19th century which could generate melodies without the need for a live musician. The boxes were typically composed of 2 elements, a metallic mechanism and a wooden protective box. The box was then set upon a surface to improve the resonance of the audio. The design for Valsolda symbolises the music box. A subterranean concrete slab houses practice rooms whilst the symbolic music box sits on top composed of a golden metallic service core and wooden external skin. The internal space is designed to be flexible, during concerts retractable seating provides space for a 120 person audience, when retracted the space is free for other events related to the local community. The external wooden skin is operable and can open in a number of ways providing shelter from the weather and light into the interior. The western facade can open to allow a performance to be seen from the external seating during the summer months. The external skin is perforated with a pattern inspired by sheet music, a series of dots and lines represent the notes on a musical scale.
![Valsolda 1](http://www.studiopare.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/Valsolda-1-nxzlf3nuvsukra0sq5jujeh62jw1y0htzb2t2nr1lw.jpg)
![Valsolda 15](http://www.studiopare.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/Valsolda-15-nxzp12sfx2ry6583rc4oblpr6n98bahn6mlw23197o.jpg)
![Valsolda 9](http://www.studiopare.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/Valsolda-9-nxzp0ridn2ciatohl795hok820stqx8v52s2arhzac.jpg)
![Valsolda 6](http://www.studiopare.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/Valsolda-6-nxznr5ebzhwkw1xqxzfwzoxy9vml7p5sjb2swd4r8k.jpg)
![Valsolda 3](http://www.studiopare.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/Valsolda-3-nxzm8i24n93fw7bf1v1rize6yezcp77lctnjg85qzo.jpg)
![Valsolda 10](http://www.studiopare.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/Valsolda-10-nxzp0te20qf2y1lra82emo358sjk6bgbtc319bf6xw.jpg)
![Valsolda 11](http://www.studiopare.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/Valsolda-11-nxzp0v9qeehnl9j0z8vnrnm2fkaalpnshle07vcelg.jpg)
![Valsolda 12](http://www.studiopare.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/Valsolda-12-nxzp0w7kl8ixwvhntraac5dj0y5nteritq1hp5b0f8.jpg)
![Valsolda 13](http://www.studiopare.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/Valsolda-13-nxzp0y38ywlik3exis3jh4wg7pwe8syzhzcgnp882s.jpg)
![Valsolda 14](http://www.studiopare.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/Valsolda-14-nxzp0zyxcko37bc77swsm4fdehn4o76g68nfm95fqc.jpg)
![Valsolda 2](http://www.studiopare.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/Valsolda-2-nxzm8g6g9l0v8ze5cu8idzv9rn8m9t04okckho8jc4.jpg)
![Valsolda 7](http://www.studiopare.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/Valsolda-7-nxzo4c2tutydr4s8y6migv5q9gmy6ui8okj093kxyc.jpg)
![Valsolda 8](http://www.studiopare.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/Valsolda-8-nxzp0pmp9e9xnlr7w6fwcp1av923bj1egth3c7krms.jpg)
![Valsolda 4](http://www.studiopare.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/Valsolda-4-nxzm8kvn7r7av17ble9n8gokqklgcaisd7lzw21kh0.jpg)