1. Sidney Myer Music Bowl Architect Barry Patten
Location Kings Domain, Melbourne
Opened February 1959
Public outdoor performance shelter  
Gaurav Joshi
B. Arch IV
Gaurav Joshi
b. Arch IV 

2. Beginning Sidney Myer initiated the idea
Inspired by the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles
From concrete shell to tensile structural steel
From simple white geometry to hi tech tensile structural system
From Modernism to Late modernism

3. Design
“a sunken amphitheatre sheltered by a huge, flexible canopy floating over the grass.”
a “sound shell”
a “bowl for the people.”
city's first major purpose-built outdoor venue
``the most startling architectural piece ever seen in Melbourne.'‘
structure combined the splendor of a concert hall with the relaxed feel of a sports arena
won a prestigious American Institute of Architecture Award

4. Structure a tensile structural system with a free-form roof.
an innovative system of cables laced together and covered with aluminium faced plywood sandwich panels
Weather proofed thin membranes of plywood
Use of steel cables and two 21.3 m high masts
Corrosion resistant ground anchors
“a mammoth man-made engineering job”

5. Renovation
“considerable historical, social and cultural significance''
Extensive renovations in
To brought the venue's facilities up to international standards.
fixed seating for 2030 people in 26 tiered rows
Surrounding lawns can seat up to 23,000 people.
The stage area is 27.4 X 19.5 m
Area of the Bowl's canopy is 4055 square metres
Total Height 20 m

6. A Late modernist building
sculptural expressionism
Hi tech building
Clear skin and bone structure
Use of metal in façade
Structure as ornament
Promise of the future
Column free space

7. Thank You!!!